\startsong
\stitle{baiTh jaataa huu.N jahaa.N chaa.Nv ghanii hotii hai}
\singers{Hafeez Jaunpuri #1}
\printtitle
#indian

baiTh jaataa huu.N jahaa.N chaa.Nv ghanii hotii hai
haaye kyaa chiiz Gariib-ul-vatanii hotii hai

%[chaa.Nv = shade; Gariib-ul-vatanii = exile]

din ko ik nuur barasataa hai merii turbat par
raat ko chaadar-e-mahataab tanii hotii hai

%[nuur = light; turbat = tomb; chaadar-e-mahataab = sheet of moon(light)]

luT gayaa vo tere kuuche me.n rakhaa jis ne qadam
is tarah kii bhii kahii.n raahazanii hotii hai

%[raahazanii = highway robbery]

hijr me.n zahar hai saaGar kaa lagaanaa muu.Nh se
may kii jo buu.Nd hai hiiro.n kii kanii hotii hai

%[hijr = separation; saaGar = wine goblet; may = wine]

maikasho.n ko na kabhii fikr-e-kam-o-besh hu_ii
aise logo.n kii tabiiyat bhii Ganii hotii hai

fikr-e-kam-o-besh = worry about more or less; Ganii = generous]

huuk uThatii hai agar zabt-e-fuGaa.N karataa huu.N
saa.Ns rukatii hai to barchhii kii anii hotii hai

%[zabt = restraint; fuGaa.N = cry of pain; barchhii = spear; anii = tip/point]

pii lo do ghuu.NT ki saaqii kii rahe baat "Hafeez"
saaf i.nkaar me.n Kaatir-shikanii hotii hai

%[Kaatir-shikanii = insult of (someone's) hospitality]

#endindian
\endsong