Hamaare shauq kii ye intehaa thii,
qadam rakhaa ke manzil raastaa thii,
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)
Javed Akhtar