abhi kuchh aur karishme ghazal ke dekhte hain
'faraaz' ab zara lahja badal ke dekhte hain

judaiyan to muqaddar hain phir bhi jaan-e-safar
kuchh aur dur zara sath chal ke dekhte hain [...]

lagta nahin hai dil mera ujde dayar mein
kis ki bani hai aalam-e-na-paedar mein

my heart wanders ill at ease / in this ravaged reign
who has found fruition / in transient terrain [...]

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? [...]

agar dushman ki thodi si marammat aur ho jati
to phir ullu ke paththe ko nasihat aur ho jati

shab-e-wada main un ki kam-sini se dar gaya warna
zara si baat par nazil musibat aur ho jati [...]

jag mein aa kar idhar udhar dekha
tu hi aaya nazar jidhar dekha

i came into this world and looked around
you, manifest, in every place, i found [...]

khabar-e-tahayyur-e-ishq sun na junun raha na pari rahi
na to tu raha na to main raha jo rahi so be-khabari rahi

shah-e-be-khudi ne ata kiya mujhe ab libas-e-barahnagi
na khirad ki bakhiya-gari rahi na junun ki parda-dari rahi [...]