har ek baat pe kahte ho tum ki tu kya hai
tumhin kaho ki ye andaz-e-guftugu kya hai

at every turn you question me, asking what are you?'
tell me pray what manner of speech do you pursue? [...]

har tafsil mein jaane wala zehn sawal ki zad par hai
har tashrih ke pichhe hai anjam se dar jaane ka gham

hai bikharne ko ye mahfil-e-rang-o-bu tum kahan jaoge hum kahan jaenge
har taraf ho rahi hai yahi guftugu tum kahan jaoge hum kahan jaenge

har mata-e-nafas nazr-e-ahang ki hum ko yaran hawas thi bahut rang ki
gul-zamin se ubalne ko hai ab lahu tum kahan jaoge hum kahan jaenge [...]

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? [...]

zahid sharab pine de masjid mein baith kar
ya wo jagah bata de jahan par khuda na ho

priest i know this is a mosque, let me drink inside
or point me to a place where god does not reside [...]

main chhu sakun tujhe mera khayal-e-kham hai kya
tera badan koi shamshir-e-be-niyam hai kya

meri jagah koi aaina rakh liya hota
na jaane tere tamashe mein mera kaam hai kya [...]