kyunkar us but se rakhun jaan aziz
kya nahin hai mujhe iman aziz

how shall i keep life do say, from that idol free?
do you think that my faith and creed are not dear to me?

dil se nikla pe na nikla dil se
hai tere tir ka paikan aziz

though from my heart it did depart, yet it did not free
your arrow's pointed tip you see, is so dear to me

tab lae hi banegi 'ghaalib'
waqia sakht hai aur jaan aziz

gaalib forbearance needs be brought, somehow surely
the incident is grievous and, life is dear to me