1
us ki hasarat hai jise dil se mitaa bhi na sakun
dhundhane us ko chalaa hun jise paa bhi na sakun

2
meharabaan ho ke bulaa lo mujhe chaaho jis waqt
mai gayaa waqt nahi hun ki phir aa bhi na sakun

3
daal kar khaak mere khun pe qaatil ne kahaa
kuchh ye mehadi nahi meri ki mitaa bhi na sakun

4
zauf me taanaa-e-agayaar kaa shikavaa kyaa hai
baat kuchh sar to nahi hai ki uthaa bhi na sakun

zauf = kamajori; agayaar = dushman

5
zabt kamabakht ne aur aa ke galaa ghotaa hai
ki use haal sunaaun to sunaa bhi na sakun

6
zahar milataa hi nahi mujhako sitamagar varnaa
kyaa qasam hai tere milane ki ki khaa bhi na sakun

7
us ke pahalu me jo le jaa ke sulaa dun dil ko
nid aisi use aaye ke jagaa bhi na sakun

The longing for her, a fire in my core, I cannot extinguish,
I search for her, a quest I cannot complete.
If kindness calls, beckon me, whenever you desire,
I am not a moment past, that I cannot return.

My killer, scattering dust upon my lifeblood, declared,
"This is not henna, that I cannot erase."
In weakness, why lament the stranger's scorn?
It is not a head, that I cannot lift.

This wretched restraint has come, to choke my throat,
To tell my tale, I cannot even begin.
Poison escapes my grasp, O tormentor, else,
I swear by your presence, I cannot even consume.

To place my heart beside her, and lull it to sleep,
That slumber would be so deep, she could not awaken.