shauq har rang raqiib-e-sar-o-saamaa.N nikalaa
qais tasaviir ke parde me.n bhii uriyaa.N nikalaa

[raqiib=opponent, sar-o-saamaa.N=with belongings, qais=’majanuu.N’, uriyaa.N=nude ]
zaKhm ne daad na dii ta.ngii-e-dil kii yaarab

tiir bhii siinaa-e-bismil se par_afshaa.N nikalaa
[daad=justice, siinaa-e-bismil=wounded heart, par=wings, afshaa.N=rattle ]

buu-e-gul naalaa-e-dil duud-e-charaaG-e-mahafil
jo terii bazm se nikalaa so parishaa.N nikalaa

[buu=fragrance, gul=flower, naalaa=cry, duud=smoke, esp. from a lamp that’s been extinguished]
dil-e-hasarat_zadaa thaa maaiidaa-e-lazzat-e-dard

kaam yaaro.n kaa baqadr-e-lab-o-da.ndaa.N nikalaa
[maaiidaa=tablecloth (dastarkhaan); da.ndaa.N=teeth]

thii nau_aamoz-e-fanaa himmat-e-dushvaar_pasa.nd
saKht mushkil hai ki ye kaam bhii aasaa.N nikalaa

[nau_aamoz=beginner, dushvaar=difficult ]

dil me.n phir giriyaa ne ik shor uThaayaa ‘Ghalib’
aah jo qataraa na nikalaa thaa so tuufaa.N nikalaa

[giriyaa=weeping]