girte hue jab main ne tera nam liya hai
manzil ne wahin badh ke mujhe tham liya hai

mai-khwar to hai mohtasib-e-shahr ziyaada
rindon ne yunhi muft mein ilzam liya hai [...]

har dhadkan haijaani thi har khamoshi tufani thi
phir bhi mohabbat sirf musalsal milne ki aasani thi

jis din us se baat hui thi us din bhi be-kaif tha main
jis din us ka khat aaya hai us din bhi virani thi [...]

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 [...]

zalim ki to aadat hai satata hi rahega
apni bhi tabiat hai bahalti hi rahegi