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 [...]

dil ka sara dard simat aaya hai meri palkon mein
kitne taj-mahal dubenge pani ki in bundon mein

dard-e-dil kya bayan karun 'rashki'
us ko kab e'tibar aata hai

ek safar wo hai jis mein
panw nahin dil thakta hai

dil tod diya us ne ye kah ke nigahon se
patthar se jo takrae wo jam nahin hota

chamak raha hai khema-e-raushan dur sitare sa
dil ki kashti tair rahi hai khule samundar mein