Aah ko chaahiye ik umr asar honey tak

aah ko chaahiye ik umr asar honey tak

kaun jiitaa hai terii zulf k sar honey tak

aashiqii sab'rtalab aur tamannaa be'taab

dil kaa kyaa rang karuuN Khuun e jigar honey tak

ham ney maanaa keh taGhaaful na karo gey lekin

Khaak ho jaayen gey ham tum ko Khabar honey tak

Gham e hastii kaa ‘Asad’ kis sey ho juz marg ilaaj

shamm’a har rang men jaltii hai sahar honey tak

Sar: Beginning, Chief, Desire, Epilepsy, Head, Origin, Pinnacle, Top

Sabr-talab: Suppressed desires(?)

Jigar: Courage, Liver, Heart, Soul, Mind, Vitals

Tagaaful: Apathy, Ignore, Indifference,Neglect, Negligence

Khaak: Ashes, Dust, Dirt, Earth, Land

Gham-e-hastii: Life of Sorrow

Asad: A reference to the poet, Mirza Ghalib, whose full name was Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan. He originally assumed the pen name ‘Asad’

Juz: Other Than

Juz Marg: Besides Death

Sahar: Dawn, Morning

A sigh takes a life time to bear fruit,

wonder who'd live till you've unveiled your beauty.
My love is patient, my desires ardent,

wonder what is the apt state for my heart before it perishes.

Agreed you'll not be oblivious

But till you get to know of it (my pain, my love), I might be long gone.

The grief that personifies my existence has no cure,

a candle finds it completion only by burning till the dawn breaks.