ye faasla jo pada hai mere gumaa mein na tha
ke abki baar zamaana bhi darmiyaa mein na tha
ye faasla jo pada hai mere gumaa mein na tha

koi bhi nazm-e-chaman ho ye hamne dekha hai
koi bhi nazm-e-chaman ho ye hamne dekha hai
sahar ka nagma-sara shaam-e-aashiyaa mein na tha
ke abki baar zamaana bhi darmiyaa mein na tha
ye faasla jo pada hai mere gumaa mein na tha

ke jiske haath mein patthar kamaa mein tir na ho
ke jiske haath mein patthar kamaa mein tir na ho
koi bhi aisa mere shahar-e-meharbaan mein na tha
ke abki baar zamaana bhi darmiyaa mein na tha
ye faasla jo pada hai mere gumaa mein na tha

duaaen maine hi maangi thi rut badalne ki
duaaen maine hi maangi thi rut badalne ki
faraaz mera nasheman hi gulasitaan mein na tha
ke abki baar zamaana bhi darmiyaa mein na tha
ye faasla jo pada hai mere gumaa mein na tha
ke abki baar zamaana bhi darmiyaa mein na tha
ye faasla jo pada hai mere gumaa mein na tha
ke abki baar zamaana bhi darmiyaa mein na tha
ye faasla jo pada hai mere gumaa mein na tha

The chasm, unforeseen, bloomed not in my thought,
Nor this time, was the world the divide, not sought.
The chasm, unforeseen, bloomed not in my thought.

Each garden's poem, witnessed by my eye,
Each garden's poem, witnessed, passing by,
The dawn's songbird, in twilight's nest, unheard,
Nor this time, was the world the divide, not stirred,
The chasm, unforeseen, bloomed not in my thought.

Whose hand held no stone, whose bow held no dart,
Whose hand held no stone, no arrow held its start,
Such was unknown in my kind city's heart,
Nor this time, was the world the divide, apart,
The chasm, unforeseen, bloomed not in my thought.

I, only I, had prayed for seasons' change,
I, only I, had prayed, rearranged,
My own nest, in the rose garden, estranged,
Nor this time, was the world the divide, exchanged,
The chasm, unforeseen, bloomed not in my thought.
Nor this time, was the world the divide, not caught,
The chasm, unforeseen, bloomed not in my thought.
Nor this time, was the world the divide, not taught,
The chasm, unforeseen, bloomed not in my thought.