mai.n vo majanuu.N huu.N jo nikaluu.N ku.nj-e-zi.ndaa.N chho.Dakar 
seb-e-jannat tak na khaauu.N sang-e-tiflaa.N chho.Dakar 

[ku.nj=corner; zi.ndaa.N=prison; sang-e-tiflaa.N=stones thrown by children] 

mai.n huu.N vo gumanaam jab daftar me.n naam aayaa meraa 
rah gayaa bas mu.nshii-e-kudarat jagah vaa.N chho.Dakar 

ahal-e-jauhar ko vatan me.n rahane detaa gar falak 
laal kyuu.N is rang se aataa badaKhshaa.N chho.Dakar 

[ahal-e-jauhar=knowledgeable people; falak=sky (here it means fate)] 

ghar se bhii vaaqif nahii.n us ke ki jis ke vaaste 
baiThe hai.n ghar-baar sab ham Khaanaa-viraa.N chho.Dakar 

in dino.n garche dakan me.n hai ba.Dii qadr-e-suKhan 
kaun jaaye "Zauq" par dillii kii galiyaa.N chho.Dakar 

[qadr-e-suKhan=value poets/poetry]