teri anjuman mein zalim ajab ehtimam dekha

teri anjuman mein zalim ajab ehtimam dekha
kahin zindagi ki barish kahin qatl-e-am dekha
in your realm o cruel one
how strange prevails the scene


life giving showers are often seen with massacres between
meri arz-e-shauq padh len ye kahan unhen gawara
wahin chaak kar diya khat jahan mera nam dekha
expressions of my love for her


she cares not to peruse
the moment that she sees my name
tears it to smithereen
badi minnaton se aa kar wo mujhe mana rahe hain


main bacha raha hun daman mera intiqam dekha
pleading she does come to me
attempting to placate
i turn my back to her behold


my vengeance needs be seen
ai 'shakil' ruh-parwar teri be-khudi ke naghme
magar aaj tak na hum ne tere lab pe jam dekha
shakeel your songs of sadness are so soulfully sublime


yet through your lips a drop of wine never has there been