vo sab me.n ham ko baar-e-diigar dekhate rahe
ham un kaa i.ntaKhaab-e-nazar dekhate rahe

[baar-e-digar=second; i.ntaKhaab=to choose]

daaman bachaake ashko.n se vo to nikal gaye
ham der tak zamii.n par guhar dekhate rahe

[guhar=pearl]

ham beniyaaz baiThe huye un kii bazm me.n
auro.n kii ba.ndagii kaa asar dekhate rahe

[beniyaaz=unacknowledged; ba.ndagii=worship]

aa_ii sahar to aur ba.Daa bijaliyo.n kaa zor
shab bhar ham i.ntezaar-e-sahar dekhate rahe

[sahar=dawn; shab=night]

sholo.n kii zad par sabhii the, kis ko pukarate
har simt Khirmano.n me.n sharar dekhate rahe

[zad=; simt=direction; Khirmano.n=fields; sharar=spark]

kyo.nkar sa.Nbhaalate hame.n vo naaKhudaa jo Khud
saahil kii aafiyat se bha.Nvar dekhate rahe

[naaKhudaa=boatsman; saahil=river-side; aafiyat=security/safety]

ma.nzil kii dhun me.n aabalaa_paa chal kha.De huye
aur shah-savaar gard-e-safar dekhate rahe

[aabalaa_paa=wounded /blistered feet; gard=dust]