shaam-e-Gam kuchh us nigaah-e-naaz kii baate.n karo 
beKhudii ba.Dhatii chalii hai raaz kii baate.n karo 

nakhat-e-zulf-e-pareshaa.N, daastaan-e-shaam-e-Gam 
subah hone tak isii a.ndaaz kii baate.n karo 

[nakhat-e-zulf-e-pareshaa.N=disarrayed fragrant hair] 

ye sukuut-e-yaas ye dil kii rago.n kaa TuuTanaa 
Khaamoshii me.n kuchh shikast-e-saaz kii baate.n karo 

[sukuut=silence; yaas=disappointment] 
[shikast-e-saaz=breakdown of musical instruments] 

har rag-e-dil vazd me.n aatii rahe dukhatii rahe 
yuu.N hii us ke jaa-o-bejaa naaz kii baate.b karo 

[vajd=extreme happiness; jaa-o-bejaa=right and wrong] 

kuchh qafas kii tiiliyo.n se chhan rahaa hai nuur saa 
kuchh fazaa kuchh hasarat-e-paravaaz ki baate.n karo 

[qafas=cage/prison; nuur=light; hasarat-e-paravaaz=desire to fly] 

jis kii furqat ne palaT dii ishq kii kaayaa "Firaq" 
aaj usii isaa-nafas dam-saaz kii baate.n karo 

[furqat=separation; isaa-nafas=breath of Christ]