naksh fariyadi hai kiski shokhi-e-taharir ka
shokhi-e-taharir ka
kagaji hai pairahan har paikar-e-tasveer ka
kagaji hai pairahan har paikar-e-tasveer ka
kagaji hai pairahan

kave kave sakht jani haye tanhai na puchh
kave kave sakht jani haye tanhai na puchh
tanhai na puchh
subah karna sham ka lana hai ju-e-shir ka
subah karna sham ka lana hai ju-e-shir ka
subah karna sham ka

jazb-e-be-ikhtiyaar-e-shauq dekha chahiye
jazb-e-be-ikhtiyaar-e-shauq dekha chahiye
shauq dekha chahiye
ki naye shamshir se bahar hai dum shamshir ka
ki naye shamshir se bahar hai dum shamshir ka
ki naye shamshir se

bas ke hu gaalib asiri me bhi aatish zer-pa
asiri me bhi aatish zer-pa
mu-e-aatish dida hai halka meri zanjir ka
mu-e-aatish dida hai halka meri zanjir ka
naksh fariyadi hai kiski shokhi-e-taharir ka
naksh fariyadi hai

Whose vibrant pen, a beggar's plea, it seems?
A vibrant pen.
Each painted form, in paper garments gleams.
In paper shrouds.

The loneliness, a bitter, hollow cave,
A lonely cave.
To bring the evening, dawn must gently wave,
A river's flow.

The untamed yearning, see its breathless flight,
Its breathless flight.
The new-forged blade, its life beyond the light,
Beyond the blade.

Though captive, Ghalib, fire burns beneath my feet,
Beneath my feet.
Each hair, a spark, the chain's encircling heat.
The chain's embrace.
Whose vibrant pen, a beggar's plea, it seems?