taskin-e-dil-e-mahzun na hui wo sai-e-karam farma bhi gae
is sai-e-karam ko kya kahiye bahla bhi gae tadpa bhi gae

hum arz-e-wafa bhi kar na sake kuchh kah na sake kuchh sun na sake
yan hum ne zaban hi kholi thi wan aankh jhuki sharma bhi gae [...]

पागल से थे जो हम बेवजह इश्क़ से उलझ पड़े
मुसाफिर था वो और उसे हम ज़िंदगी समझ बैठे
खामोश निगाहों ने दिल सवाल में खड़े कर दिए
काफिर थे वो और हम दिल का मेहमान समझ बैठ

Rajat Akela Dil

hans ke farmate hain wo dekh ke haalat meri
kyun tum aasan samajhte the mohabbat meri

seeing my condition, she laughs and asks of me
"easy did you then imagine, loving me would be?" [...]

wo to ghazal suna ke akela khada raha
sab apne apne chahne walon mein kho gae

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 [...]

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 [...]