mujhe aa gaya yaqin sa ki yahi hai meri manzil
sar-e-rah jab kisi ne mujhe dafatan pukara
I then came to believe it was, my goal, my destiny
When someone in my path called out to me repeatedly
Shakeel Badayuni
tark-e-mai hi samajh ise naseh
itni pi hai ki pi nahin jati
Shakeel Badayuni
un ka zikr un ki tamanna un ki yaad
waqt kitna qimti hai aaj kal
her mention, her yearning her memory
O how precious time now seems to me
Shakeel Badayuni
yun to har sham umidon mein guzar jati hai
aaj kuchh baat hai jo sham pe rona aaya
Every evening was, by hope, sustained
This evening's desperation makes me weep
Shakeel Badayuni
shayad isi ka nam mohabbat hai 'shefta'
ek aag si hai sine ke andar lagi hui
Shefta Mustafa Khan
ai 'zauq' dekh duKHtar-e-raz ko na munh laga
chhuTti nahin hai munh se ye kafar lagi hui
Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq
aja kahe jise aalam use baja samjho
zaban-e-KHalq ko naqqara-e-KHuda samjho
Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq