Atish

yih arzu thi tujhe gul ke rubaru karte
ham aur bulbul-e betab guftagu karte.

payambar na muyassar hua to khub hua
zaban-e ghair se kya sharh-e arzu karte.

meri tarah se mah-o mihr bhi hain avara
kisi habib ki yih bhi hain justaju karte.

jo dekhte tere zanjir-e zulf ka alam
asir hone ki azad arzu karte.

na puch alam-e bargashta-tali’i Atish
barasti ag jo baran ki arzu karte.

My desire was to set you opposite the rose
so I might discuss you with the pining nightingale.

It was good that no messenger was available:
how could another’s tongue have set out my desire?

Like me, the sun and moon are wandering:
they too are searching for someone that they love.

Those who see what the chain of your long hair is like
freely desire their own imprisonment.

Do not ask about my ill-starred condition, Atish:
it is a raining fire which desires the rain.

Zauq

Kisi Be-Kas Ko Aai Bedaad-Gar Maara To Kya Maara
Jo Aap Hi Mar Raha Ho Us Ko Gar Maara To Kya Maara

Na Maara Aap Ko, Jo Khaak Ho Akseer Ban Jaata
Agar Paare Ko Aai Askeer Gar Maara To Kya Maara

Hansi Ke Saath Yaan Rona Hai Misl-E-Qulqul-E-Meena
Kisi Ne Qehqaha Ai Be-Khabar Maara To Kya Maara

Gaya Shaitaan Maara Eik Sajde Ke Na Karne Mein
Agar Lakhon Baras Sajde Mein Sar Maara To Kya Maara

Bare Moozi Ko Maara, Nafs-E-Ammaara Ko Gar Maara
Nahang-O-Azhdaha-O-Sher-E-Nar Maara To Kya Maara

Dil-E-Sangeen-E-Khushru Par Bhi Zarb-E-Kohkan Pahunchi
Agar Tesha Sar-E-Kohsaar Par Maara To Kya Maara

Dil-E-Bad-Khwaah Mein Tha Maarna Ya Chashm-E-Bad-Been Mein
Falak Par Zauq, Teer-E-Aah Gar Maara To Kya Maara !