ye noor kaisa hai raat ka sa rang pehne
barf ki laash hai laave ka sa badan pehne
goongi chahat hai ruswayi ka kafan pehne
har ek katra mukkadis hai maile aansu ka
ek hujum apaahij hai aabe kosib par
ye kaisa shor hai jo beawaaj faila hai
dupahri chhao me badnamiyo ka dera hai
ye kaisi jannat hai jo chonk chonk jati hai
ye intzaar hai majussum unka naam khamoshi hai
aur ehsaas hai bekarar ke ye sarhad kaisi
dara deewar kaha ruhu ki awaargi ke
noor ki wadi talak lamj ka ek sabr-e-tavil
har ek modh pe bas do hi naam milte hai
maut kahlo jo mohabbat nahi kahne pao
maut kahlo jo mohabbat nahi kahne pao

A light, a hue of night it wears,
A frozen corpse, a lava's heat it bears.
Dumb longing, shame's shroud it dons,
Each drop a holy tear, though stained upon.
A crippled throng, on waters pure they gaze,
What silent clamor spreads in hazy maze?
In noon's shade, disgrace finds its abode,
What paradise, that startles, weighed?
This wait, embodied, Silence is its name,
And feeling, restless, what border's claim?
Where doors and walls to soul's straying reside?
A lambent patience, to light's valley wide.
At every turn, but two names do you find,
Call it death, if love you cannot bind.
Call it death, if love you cannot bind.