daa_im pa.Daa huaa tere dar par nahii.n huu.N mai.n
Kaaq aisii zi.ndagii pe, ki patthar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

% [daa_im = forever]

kyo.n gad.rish-e-mudaam se ghabaraa na jaaye dil
insaan huu.N, pyaalaa-o-saaGar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

% [gardish-e-mudaam = never ending sorrow. mudaam = never ending]
% [pyaalaa-o-saaGar = goblet of wine]

yaa rab zamaanaa mujhako miTaataa hai kis liye
lauh-e-jahaa.N pe harf-e-muqarrar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

% [lauh-e-jahaa.N = paper of the world, metaphorically speaking]
% [haf.r-e-muqarrar = redundant word / letter]

had chaahiye sazaa me.n aquubat ke vaaste
aakhir gunaah_Gaar huu.N qaafir nahii.n huu.N mai.n

% [aquubat = torture, pain]

kis vaaste aziiz nahii.n jaanate mujhe
laal-o-zamurd-o-zar-o-gauhar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

% [laal-o-zamurd-o-zar-o-gauhar = ruby, emerald, gold or pearl]

rakhate ho tum qadam merii aa.Nkho.n se kyo.n direg
rutabe me.n mahar-o-maah se kamatar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

karate ho mujhako man-o-qadam-bos kis liye
kyaa aasamaan ke bhii baraabar nahii.n huu.N mai.n

'Gaalib' vaziifaaKvaar ho, do shaah ko duaa
vo din gaye ki kahate the, naukar nahii.n huu.N mai.n