aah ko chahiye ik umar asar hone tak
kaun jita hai teri julm ke sar hone tak
aashiki sabar-talab aur tamnna betab
dil ka kya rang karu khun-e-jigar hone tak

hamne mana ki tagaful na karoge lekin
khak ho jayenge ham tumko khabar hone tak
gam-e-hasti ka asad kis se ho juj marag ilaj
shama har rang mein jalti hai sahar hone tak

A sigh requires an age to bloom,
Who lives to see your tresses' tomb?
Love demands patience, desire's a fever,
What hue shall my heart wear, till it bleeds forever?

I concede, you'll not ignore, I know,
Yet we'll turn to dust before you know.
The ache of existence, who can cure, save death's release?
The candle burns in every color, until the dawn's peace.