nala is shor se kyun mera duhai deta
ai falak gar tujhe uncha na sunai deta

why then, in a voice so loud, would have i despaired
o heaven! if your hearing / was not thus impaired

dekh chhoton ko hai allah badai deta
aasman aankh ke til mein hai dikhai deta

god, to modest creatures, lo / greatness does provide
in the pupil of an eye, the sky can be espied

lakh deta falak aazar gawara the magar
ek tera na mujhe dard-e-judai deta

million aches the skies bestowed, i would gladly bear
if just the pain of parting / from you too wasn't there

de dua wadi-e-pur-khar-e-junun ko har gam
dad ye teri hai ai aabla-pai deta

you should bless the thorn filled path / of my passion's craze
o blistered feet! at every step / it showers you with praise

rawish-e-ashk gira denge nazar se ek din
hai in aankhon se yahi mujh ko dikhai deta

she will drop me like a tear, one day from her eyes
with this sight of mine that is / what i can surmise

munh se bas karte kabhi ye na khuda ke bande
gar harison ko khuda sari khudai deta

these beings of god's creation / will never say "enow"
even if, to greedy ones, the world he may bestow

panja-e-mehr ko bhi khun-e-shafaq mein har roz
ghote kya kya hai tera dast-e-hinai deta

henna on your palms compels / the sun, its every ray
to submerse itself in evening's / scarlet glow each day

kaun ghar aaine ke aata agar wo ghar mein
khaksari se na jarub-e-safai deta

who, in the mirror of one's heart, would one ever see?
till it has been burnished by / graceful humility

main hun wo said ki phir dam mein phansta ja kar
gar qafas se mujhe sayyaad rihai deta

i am that prey, who would get snared / in the net again
if freedom from the cage, the captor / ever let me gain

khugar-e-naz hun kis ka ki mujhe saghar-e-mai
bosa-e-lab nahin be-chashm-numai deta

i am so accustomed to her airs, that till a sign
i get from her / my lips will not / kiss a cup of wine

dekh gar dekhna hai 'zauq' ki wo parda-nashin
dida-e-rauzan-e-dil se hai dikhai deta

if you wish to see then look, a veil though is between
through the window of your heart, he surely can be seen