Aa.Nkh se duur na ho dil se utar jaayegaa

aa.Nkh se duur na ho dil se utar jaayegaa 
vaqt kaa kyaa hai guzarataa hai guzar jaayegaa 

itanaa maanuus na ho Khilvat-e-Gam se apanii 
tuu kabhii Khud ko bhii dekhegaa to Dar jaayegaa 

[maanuus=intimate; Khilvat-e-Gam=sorrow of loneliness] 

tum sar-e-raah-e-vafaa dekhate rah jaaoge 
aur vo baam-e-rafaaqat se utar jaayegaa 

[sar-e-raah-e-vafaa=path of love; 

baam-e-rafaaqat=responsibility towards love] 

zindagii terii ataa hai to ye jaanevaalaa 
terii baKhshiish terii dahaliiz pe dhar jaayegaa 

[ataa=gift; baKhshiish=donation; dahaliiz=doorstep] 

Duubate Duubate kashtii to ochhaalaa de duu.N 
mai.n nahii.n ko_ii to saahil pe utar jaayegaa 

[ochhaalaa=upward push] 

 

zabt laazim hai magar dukh hai qayaamat kaa 'Faraz' 
zaalim ab ke bhii na royegaa to mar jaayegaa

- Ahmad Faraz