phir mujhe dīda-e-tar yaad aayā
dil jigar tishna-e-faryād aayā
I remember my moistened eyes again
My heart’s thirsty longing and my pain
dam liyā thā na qayāmat ne hanūz
phir tirā vaqt-e-safar yaad aayā
Barely did doomsday cease to be
The time of your parting came to me
sādgī-hā-e-tamannā ya.anī
phir vo nairañg-e-nazar yaad aayā
The innocence of my wishes, surprise
Again I think of fascinating eyes
uzr-e-vāmāndagī ai hasrat-e-dil
naala kartā thā jigar yaad aayā
Heart’s longing, weariness the reason, find
I would have pled but patience came to mind
zindagī yuuñ bhī guzar hī jaatī
kyuuñ tirā rāhguzar yaad aayā
Life would in any case pass by and by
Your street I now recall, tell me why
kyā hī rizvāñ se laḌā.ī hogī
ghar tirā ḳhuld meñ gar yaad aayā
Where is the courage now to plead at all
Sick of the heart my patience I recall
aah vo jur.at-e-fariyād kahāñ
dil se tañg aa ke jigar yaad aayā
My thought now goes back to your lane
My missing heart I think of now again
phir tire kūche ko jaatā hai ḳhayāl
dil-e-gum-gashta magar yaad aayā
What kind of desolation there this be
Home comes to mind the desert when I see
koī vīrānī sī vīrānī hai
dasht ko dekh ke ghar yaad aayā
What fight with heaven’s doorman there will be
Whoughts of your house, if there, trouble me
maiñ ne majnūñ pe laḌakpan meñ ‘asad’
sañg uThāyā thā ki sar yaad aayā
When in youth, on majnuu.n’s head, a stone
I heft to cast, I then recalled my own
vasl meñ hijr kā Dar yaad aayā
ain jannat meñ saqar yaad aayā
