ehsan na-KHuda ka uThae meri bala
kashti KHuda pe chhoD dun langar ko toD dun

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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ek aansu ne Duboya mujh ko un ki bazm mein
bund bhar pani se sari aabru pani hui

a single tear caused my fall in her company
just a drop of water drowned my dignity

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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ek patthar pujne ko shaiKH ji kabe gae
'zauq' har but qabil-e-bosa hai is but-KHane mein

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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gaya shaitan mara ek sajda ke na karne mein
agar lakhon baras sajde mein sar mara to kya mara

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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gul us nigah ke zaKHm-rasidon mein mil gaya
ye bhi lahu laga ke shahidon mein mil gaya

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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hai ain-e-wasl mein bhi meri chashm su-e-dar
lapka jo paD gaya hai mujhe intizar ka

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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hum nahin wo jo karen KHun ka dawa tujh par
balki puchhega KHuda bhi to mukar jaenge

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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hum rone pe aa jaen to dariya hi baha den
shabnam ki tarah se hamein rona nahin aata

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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hamein nargis ka dasta ghair ke hathon se kyun bheja
jo aankhen hi dikhani thin dikhate apni nazron se

Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq

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