har tamaashaa_ii faqat saahil se manzar dekhataa
kaun dariyaa ko ulaTataa kaun gauhar dekhataa
[tamaashaa_ii=spectator; faqat=merely; saahil=river side]
[ma.nzar=spectacle/show/view; gauhar=pearl]
vo to duniyaa ko merii diivaangii Khush aa ga_ii
tere haatho.n me.n vagarnaa pahalaa patthar dekhataa
[vagarnaa=otherwise]
aa.Nkh me.n aa.Nsuu ja.De the par sadaa tujh ko na dii
is tavaqqo par ki shaayad tuu palaT kar dekhataa
[sadaa=call; tavaqqo=hope]
merii qismat kii lakiire.n mere haatho.n me.n na thii.n
tere maathe par ko_ii meraa muqaddar dekhataa
[qismat=fate; lakiire.n=lines; maathe=forehead]
[muqaddar= destiny/fate]
zindagii phailii hu_ii thii shaam-e-hijraa.N kii tarah
kis ko itanaa hausalaa thaa kaun jii kar dekhataa
[shaam-e-hijraa.N=evening of separation; hausalaa=strength]
Duubane vaalaa thaa aur saahil pe cheharo.n kaa hujuum
pal kii mohalat thii mai.n kis ko aa.Nkh bhar ke dekhataa
[hujuum=crowd; mohalat=(free) time]
tuu bhii dil ko ik lahuu kii buu.Nd samajhaa hai ‘Faraz’
aa.Nkh gar hotii to qatre me.n samandar dekhataa
[lahuu=blood; qatre=drops; samandar=ocean]