Mai.n ne jo giit tere pyaar kii Khaatir likkhe ,
aaj un giito.n ko baazaar me.n le aayaa huu.N,
aaj dukaan pe niilaam uThegaa un kaa ,
tuune jin giito.n pe rakkhii thii muhabbat kii asaas ,
aaj chaa.Ndii kii taraazuu me.n tulegii har chiiz ,
mere afakaar merii shaayarii meraa ehasaas,
[asaas=foundation; afakaar=writings]
jo terii zaat se manasuub the un giito.n ko ,
muflisii jins banaane pe utar aa_ii hai ,
bhuuk tere ruKh-e-rangii.n ke fasaano.n ke ivaz ,
cha.nd aashiyaa-e-zaruurat kii tamannaa_ii hai,
[zaat=personality; manasuub=related to; muflisii=poverty] 
[jins=article/things; ivaz=in exchange]
dekh is arsaagah-e-mehanat-o-sarmaayaa me.n ,
mere naGme.n bhii mere paas nahii.n rah sakate ,
tere jalve kisii zaradaar kii miiraas sahii ,
tere Khaake bhii mere paas nahii.n rah sakate,
[arsaagah-e-mehanat-o-sarmaayaa=in the battlefield of labour and wealth]
[zaradaar=rich man; miiraas=estate; Khaake=sketches]
aaj un giito.n ko baazaar me.n le aayaa huu.N ,
mai.n ne jo giit tere pyaar kii Khaatir likkhe.