dil kii siyaahiyo.n me.n tujhe Dhuu.NDhataa huaa
palako.n pe aa rukaa hai sitaaro.n kaa qaafilaa

[siyaahiyo.n = darkness; qaafilaa = caravan]

Khalvat me.n muddato.n mai.n jise puujataa rahaa
dekhaa qariib se to vo ik sang-e-surKh thaa

[Khalvat = solitude; qariib se dekhanaa = to look closely]
[sang-e-surKh = red stone]

kuchh is tarah sabaa se kahii terii daastaa.N
har phuul muskuraa ke mujhe dekhane lagaa

[sabaa = gentle cool breeze; daastaa.N = story]

laao kahii.n se Dhuu.NDhake yaado.n kii roshanii
taariik ho gayaa hai muhabbat kaa raastaa

[taariik = dark]

haa.N merii zindagii kii haraarat inhii.n se hai
TuuTegaa kis tarah terii yaado.n kaa silasilaa

[haraarat = warmth; silasilaa = sequence/chain]

jaise ko_ii chiraaG andhere me.n jal uThe
dil ke qariib aake ko_ii yuu.N Thahar gayaa

[qariib = near]

daaman me.n aa.Nsuuo.n ke sharaare liye huye
aa.Nkhe.n manaa rahii hai.n shab-e-Gam kaa rat_jagaa

[sharaare = sparks; shab = night; Gam = sorrow]
[rat_jagaa = occasion where one stays awake the whole night]

jis ne ba.De Khuluus se Thukaraa diyaa mujhe
'Iqbal' sochataa huu.N ki vo shaKhs kaun thaa

[Khuluus se = sweetly; shaKhs = person]