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]