shikavaa-e-izataraab kaun kare
Shakeel Badayuni

shikavaa-e-izataraab kaun kare
apanii duniyaa Kharaab kaun kare

[shikavaa=complaint; izataraab=anxiety]

gin to lete hai.n u.ngaliyo.n pe gunaah
rahamato.n kaa hisaab kaun kare

[gunaah=sin; rahamato.n=(acts of) kindness]

ishq kii talKh kaamiyo.n ke nisaar
zindagii kaamayaab kaun kare

[talKh=bitter; kaamiyo.n=failures (naakaamiyo.n)]

daavat-e-mayakashii un aa.Nkho.n me.n
jurrat-e-izataraab kaun kare

[jurrat=dare]

dil kaa aa_iinaa saamane laakar
tujh ko teraa javaab kaun kare

ham se mayakash jo taubaa kar baiThe.n
phir ye kaar-e-savaab kaun kare

[kaar=work; savaab=heavenly reward for a good deed]

Garq-e-jaam-o-sharaab hoke 'Shakeel'
shuGl-e-jaam-o-sharaab kaun kare

[Garq=to drown in; shuGl=to be busy with/lost in]

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