ek juu-e-dard dil se jigar tak ravaa.N hai aaj
pighalaa huaa rago.n me.n ik aatish-fishaa.N hai aaj

[juu-e-dard=river of pain; ravaa.N=flowing/moving]
[rag=vein; aatish-fishaa.N=volcano]

lab sii diye hai.n taa na shikaayat kare ko_ii
lekin har ek zaKhm ke muu.Nh me.n zabaa.N hai aaj

[sii denaa=to sew up; taa=so that; shikaayat=complaint]
[zaKhm=wound]

taariikiyo.n ne gher liyaa hai hayaat ko
lekin kisii kaa ruu-e-hasii.n darmiyaa.N hai aaj

[taariikii=darkness; hayaat=life; ruu=face; darmiyaa.N=in between]

jiine kaa vaqt hai yahii marane kaa vaqt hai
dil apanii zindagii se bahut shaadamaa.N hai aaj

[shaadamaa.N=happy]

ho jaataa huu.N shahiid har ahal-e-vafaa ke saath
har daastaan-e-shauq merii daastaa.N hai aaj