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 [...]

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 [...]