aah ko chahiye ik umr asar hote tak

kaun jiita hai tiri zulf ke sar hote tak

A prayer needs a lifetime, an answer to obtain

who can live until the time that you decide to deign

dam-e-har-mauj me hai halqa-e-sad-kam-e-nahag

dekhe kya guzre hai qatre pe guhar hote tak

snares are spread in every wave, and reptiles in each lure

see, till it turns into a pearl, what must a drop endure

ashiqi sabr-talab aur tamanna betab

dil ka kya rag karu ?hun-e-jigar hote tak

Love has a need for patience, desires are a strain

as long my ache persists, how shall my heart sustain

ham ne maana ki taghaful na karoge lekin

?haak ho ja.ege ham tum ko ?habar hote tak
Agreed, you won't ignore me, I know but then again
Into dust will I be turned, your audience till I gain
partav-e-?hur se hai shabnam ko fana ki ta.alim
mai bhi huu ek inayat ki nazar hote tak
The Sun's burning intensity is the dewdrop's bane
So till I'm favoured with a glance, I too shall remain
yak nazar besh nahi fursat-e-hasti ghafil
garmi-e-bazm hai ik raqs-e-sharar hote tak
O ignorant, less than a glance does life's leisure remain
for the dancing of the spark will the warmth sustain
gham-e-hasti ka 'asad' kis se ho juz marg ilaaj
sham.a har rag me jalti hai sahar hote tak
save death, Asad what else release from this life of pain?
a Lamp must burn in every hue till dawn is there again