Ishq bekaar, muhabbat barbaad,
shoalaa-e-dil kii haraarat barbaad,
(shoalaa-e-dil : fire of heart; haraarat)
maiN use bhuul na paayaa ab tak,
saal-haa saal kii mehnat barbaad,
ko’ii suntaa hii nahiiN qissaa-e-dard,
harf barbaad, hikaayat barbaad,
(qissaa-e-dard : tale of woes; hikaayat : narratives)
vo hai naaraaz abhii tak mujh se,
minnateN zaa’yaa, samaajat barbaad,
(zaa’yaa : wasted; samaajat : entreaties)
us pe khultaa hii nahiiN haal meraa,
saarii tashriih-o-vazaahat barbaad,
(tashriih-o-vazaahat : explanation and arguments)
kaun barbaad karegaa mujh ko,
maiN huuN Khud apnii ba-daulat barbaad,
ab bhii haiN uskii galii ke phere,
baarish, sang-e-malaamat barbaad,
(sang-e-malaamat : stones of taunts)
ab bhii aabaad haiN yaadeN uskii,
ehtimaam-e-Gham-o-furqat barbaad,
(ehtimaam : diligence, supervision)
be-talab us ne talab kii puurii,
ho gayii saarii ibaadat barbaad,
maut ko bhii tuu parakh kar dekh,
ziist barbaad, nihaayat barbaad,
haasil-e-jazb-e-vafaadaarii “Naim”,
zaa’yaa, bekaar, akaarat, barbaad.
(haasil-e-jazb-e-vafaadaarii : result of fidelity; akaarat : useless)
Naim Bazidpuri : Jeddah, Saudi Arabia