hamaare shauq kii ye intehaa thii
qadam rakhaa ke manzil raastaa thii

(shauq : desire; intehaa : apex; qadam : step; manzil : destination; raastaa : way)

bichaR ke Daar se ban-ban phiraa vo
hiran ko apnii kastuurii sazaa thii

(Daar : abode; ban : forest; hiran : deer; kastuurii : musk-deer)

kabhii jo Khvaab thaa vo paa liyaa hai
magar jo kho gayii vo chiiz kyaa thii

maiN bachpan meN khilaune toRtaa thaa
mere anjaam kii vo ibtidaa thii

(anjaam : end; ibtidaa : beginning)

muhabbat mar gayii mujhko bhii Gham hai
mere acche dinoN kii aashnaa thii

(aashnaa : friend)

jise maiN chhuu luuN vo ho jaaye sonaa
tujhe dekhaa to jaanaa bad-du’aa thii

mariiz-e-Khvaab ko to ab shafaa hai
magar duniyaa baRii kaRvii davaa thii

(mariiz-e-Khvaab : victim of dreams; shafaa : cure; kaRvii : bitter)..........