paao.n ke zaKhm hai.n farsh-e-gul-e-tar hone tak

paao.n ke zaKhm hai.n farsh-e-gul-e-tar hone tak
raah dushvaar hai aaGaaz-e-safar hone tak

[farsh = floor; dushvaar = difficult; aaGaaz = beginning]

ye alag baat ke Khaamosh hai.n ahal-e-zindaa.N
varnaa ye qaid hai diivaar me.n dar hone tak

[zindaa.N = prison; ahal-e- = residents of]

ek nazar naqsh-e-kaf-e-paa kaa hunar to dekho
kahkashaa.N sii nazar aatii hai sahar hone tak

[naqsh-e-kaf-e-paa = footprints; kahkashaa.N = Milky Way]

haaye vo biij jo miTTii me.n dabaa rahataa hai
kin maraahil se guzarataa hai shajar hone tak

[biij = seed; maraahil = stages; shajar = tree]

kyaa Khabar tum ko ki ye saqf ye diivaar hai.n kyaa
ham pe kyaa guzarii hai is chhaao.n ke ghar hone tak

[saqf = ceiling]