सुना है कुर्बत में तेरी सांसें थम जाती है दिवानों की
सुना है खुदा गुनहगारों को लंबी उम्र अता करता है

kahin chand rahon mein kho gaya kahin chandni bhi bhatak gai
main charagh wo bhi bujha hua meri raat kaise chamak gai

meri dastan ka uruj tha teri narm palkon ki chhanw mein
mere sath tha tujhe jagna teri aankh kaise jhapak gai [...]

dil ki dhadkan ko suna ghaur se kal raat 'adil'
jis ko main dhundhta rahta hun basa hai mujh mein

kuchh to duniya ki inayat ne dil tod diya
aur kuchh talkhi-e-haalat ne dil tod diya

this world's benefaction broke my heart to some extent
and then by bitter circumstance partly my heart was rent [...]

wo jo hum mein tum mein qarar tha tumhein yaad ho ki na yaad ho
wahi yani wada nibah ka tumhein yaad ho ki na yaad ho

the love that 'tween us used to be, you may, may not recall
those promises of constancy, you may, may not recall [...]

chupke chupke raat din aansu bahana yaad hai
hum ko ab tak aashiqi ka wo zamana yaad hai

ba-hazaran iztirab o sad-hazaran ishtiyaq
tujh se wo pahle-pahal dil ka lagana yaad hai [...]