ab ke tajdid-e-wafa ka nahin imkan jaanan
yaad kya tujh ko dilaen tera paiman jaanan

yunhi mausam ki ada dekh ke yaad aaya hai
kis qadar jald badal jate hain insan jaanan [...]

tumhaare khat mein naya ek salam kis ka tha
na tha raqib to aakhir wo nam kis ka tha

that new greeting in your note, from whom was it do say
if not my rival's signature, whose name was it then, pray? [...]

apne ehsas se chhu kar mujhe sandal kar do
main ki sadiyon se adhura hun mukammal kar do

na tumhein hosh rahe aur na mujhe hosh rahe
is qadar tut ke chaho mujhe pagal kar do [...]

koi hasin manzar aankhon se jab ojhal ho jaega
mujh ko pagal kahne wala khud hi pagal ho jaega

palkon pe us ki jale bujhenge jugnu jab meri yaadon ke
kamre mein hongi barsaten ghar jangal ho jaega [...]

dil ke diwar-o-dar pe kya dekha
bas tera nam hi likha dekha

teri aankhon mein hum ne kya dekha
kabhi qatil kabhi khuda dekha [...]

lamha lamha bar hai tere baghair
zindagi dushwar hai tere baghair

dil ki be-tabi ka aalam kya kahun
har nafas talwar hai tere baghair [...]