phir mujhe dida-e-tar yaad aaya
dil jigar tishna-e-faryaad aaya

i remember my moistened eyes again
my heart's thirsty longing and my pain

dam liya tha na qayamat ne hanuz
phir tera waqt-e-safar yaad aaya

barely did doomsday cease to be
the time of your parting came to me

sadgi-ha-e-tamanna yani
phir wo nairang-e-nazar yaad aaya

the innocence of my wishes, surprise
again i think of fascinating eyes

uzr-e-wamandagi ai hasrat-e-dil
nala karta tha jigar yaad aaya

heart's longing, weariness the reason, find
i would have pled but patience came to mind

zindagi yun bhi guzar hi jati
kyun tera rahguzar yaad aaya

life would in any case pass by and by
your street i now recall, tell me why

kya hi rizwan se ladai hogi
ghar tera khuld mein gar yaad aaya

where is the courage now to plead at all
sick of the heart my patience i recall

aah wo jurat-e-fariyaad kahan
dil se tang aa ke jigar yaad aaya

my thought now goes back to your lane
my missing heart i think of now again

phir tere kuche ko jata hai khayal
dil-e-gum-gashta magar yaad aaya

what kind of desolation there this be
home comes to mind the desert when i see

koi virani si virani hai
dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aaya

what fight with heaven's doorman there will be
whoughts of your house, if there, trouble me

main ne majnun pe ladakpan mein 'asad'
sang uthaya tha ki sar yaad aaya

when in youth, on majnuu.n's head, a stone
i heft to cast, i then recalled my own

wasl mein hijr ka dar yaad aaya
ain jannat mein saqar yaad aaya