ab ke tajdiid-e-vafaa.........

ab ke tajdiid-e-vafaa kaa nahiiN imkaaN jaanaaN

yaad kyaa tujh ko dilaayeN teraa paimaaN jaanaaN

yuuN hii mausam kii adaa dekh ke yaad aayaa hai

kis qadar jald badal jaate haiN insaaN jaanaaN

zindagii terii ataa thii so tere naam kii hai

ham ne jaise bhii basar kii teraa ehsaaN jaanaaN

dil ye kahataa hai ki shaayad ho fasurdaa tuu bhii

dil kii kyaa baat kareN dil to hai naadaaN jaanaaN

avval-avval kii muhabbat ke nashe yaad to kar

bepiye bhii teraa cheharaa thaa gulistaaN jaanaaN

aaKhir aaKhir to ye aalam hai ki ab hosh nahiiN

rag-e-miinaa sulag uThii ki rag-e-jaaN jaanaaN

(rag : veins; miinaa : wine-holder; jaaN : life)

muddatoN se ye aalam na tavaqqo na ummiid

dil pukaare hii chalaa jaataa hai jaanaaN jaanaaN

(muddat : awhile; tavaqqo : hope)

ham bhii kyaa saadaa the ham ne bhii samajh rakhaa thaa

Gam-e-dauraaN se judaa hai Gam-e-jaanaaN jaanaaN

(Gam-e-dauraaN : sorrows of the world)

ab kii kuchh aisii sajii mahafil-e-yaaraaN jaanaaN

sar-ba-zaanuu hai ko’ii sar-ba-girebaaN jaanaaN

(sar-ba-zaanuu : forehead touching the knees; sar-ba-girebaaN : lost in worries)

har ko’ii apanii hii aavaaz se kaaNp uThataa hai

har ko’ii apane hii saaye se hiraasaaN jaanaaN

(hiraasaaN : scared of)

jis ko dekho vahii zanjiir-ba-paa lagataa hai

shahar kaa shahar huaa daaKhil-e-zindaaN jaanaaN

(zanjiir-ba-paa : feet encased in chains; zindaaN : prison)

ab teraa zikr bhii shaayad hii Gazal meN aaye

aur se aur hu’aa dard kaa unvaaN jaanaaN

(unvaaN : start of chapter/title)

ham ki ruuThii hu’ii rut ko bhii manaa lete the

ham ne dekhaa hii na thaa mausam-e-hijraaN jaanaaN

(mausam-e-hijraaN : season of separation)

hosh aayaa to sabhii Khvaab the rezaa-rezaa

jaise u.Date huye auraaq-e-pareshaaN jaanaaN

(rezaa-rezaa : piece by piece; auraaq-e-pareshaaN : strewn pages of a book)