Go zara si baat par barson ke yaaraane gaye
lekin itna to hua kuch log pehchane gaye
[go = although]
Main isse shohrat kahu ya apni ruswai kahu
mujh se pehle us gali mein mere afsaane gaye
[shohrat = fame; ruswai = disgrace]
Wehashate kuch is tarah apna muqadar ho gayi
hum jaha pahuche humare saath viraane gaye
[Wehashat = loneliness]
Yun to woh meri rag-e-jaan se bhi the nazadik tar
aansuon ki dhundh mein mujh se na pehchane gaye
[rag-e-jaan = vein of life; nazadik tar = nearer; dhundh = fog]
Ab bhi un yaadon ki Khushbu zehen mein mehfus hai
baaraha hum jinse gulazaaro ko mehekaane gaye
[zehen = mind; mehfus = safe; baaraha = every time]