gazab kiyaa tere waade pe aitabaar kiyaa
tamaam raat qayaamat ka itazaar kiyaa

ham aise mahav-e-nazaaraa na the jo hosh aataa
magar tumhaare tagaaful ne hoshiyaar kiyaa

tujhe to waadaa-e-didaar hamase karanaa thaa
ye kyaa kiyaa ke jahaan ko ummidavaar kiyaa

ye dil ko taab kahaan hai ke ho maan andesh
unho ne waadaa kiyaa hamane aitabaar kiyaa

na puchh dil ki haqiqat magar ye kahate hai
wo beqaraar rahe jisane beqaraar kiyaa

Astounding, the trust I placed in your vow,
Awaiting doomsday's dawn through the night's slow brow.
Lost in the spectacle, lost to the world's keen sight,
Yet your indifference, it awakened, somehow.

You, it was, who pledged the promise of sight,
But turned the world to a longing, hopeful light.
This heart, where courage falters, cannot pretend,
They promised, and I, I believed with all my might.

Do not question the heart's hidden core,
But this much I'll say, evermore,
That restlessness clung to the soul that did yearn,
For the one who, in turn, brought forth so much more.