Tum ne tahriiq mujhe dii ki jaao dekho ,
chaa.Nd taaro.n se pare aur duniyaaye.N hai.n ,
tum ne hii mujh se kahaa thaa ki Khabar le aao ,
mere dil me.n vahii.n jaane kii tamanaaye.N hai.n 
[tahriiq=in writing]
aur mai.n chal diyaa Ghaur kiyaa kab is par ,
kitanaa mahaduud hai i.nsaan kii quvvat kaa tilism ,
bas yahii jii ko Khayaal aayaa tumhe.n Khush kar duu.N ,
ye na sochaa ki yuu.N miT jaayegaa raahat kaa tilism,

[ tilism=magic; raahat=comfort]
aur ab ham-damii-o-ishrat-e-raftaa kaise ,
aah ab duurii hai duurii hai faqat duurii hai ,
tum kahii.n aur mai.n kahii.n ab nahii.n pahalii haalat ,
lauT ke aa bhii nahii.n sakataa ye hai majabuurii
[ham-damii=friendship; ishrat-e-raftaa=past joys; faqat=merely]
merii qismat ki judaa_ii tumhe.n ma.nzuur hu_ii ,
merii qismat ki pasa.nd aa_ii na merii baate.n ,
ab nahii.n jalvaagah-e-Khilavat-e-shab afsaane ,
ab to bas tiiraa-o-taariik hai apanii raate.n,
[jalvaagah-e-Khilavat-e-shab afsaane=tales of her beauty in the solitude of the evenings] 
[tiiraa-o-taariik=extremely dark]