\startsong
\stitle{jis sar ko Garuur aaj hai yaa.N taajavarii kaa}
\lyrics{Meer Taqi Meer}
\singers{Meer Taqi Meer}
\printtitle
#indian

jis sar ko Garuur aaj hai yaa.N taajavarii kaa
kal us pe yahii.n shor hai phir nauhaagarii kaa

%[taajavarii = to reign; nauhagarii = to mourn]

aafaaq kii ma.nzil se gayaa kaun salaamat
asabaab luTaa raah me.n yaa.N har safarii kaa

%[aafaaq = zenith; asabaab = belongings; safarii = traveller]

zi.ndaa.N me.n bhii shorish na ga_ii apane junuu.N kii
ab sa.ng madaavaa hai is aashuftaasarii kaa

%[zi.ndaa.N = prison; shorish = turbulence (upadrav); sa.ng = stone]
%[madaavaa = cure; aashuftaasarii = mad (one who has lost his senses)]

har zaKm-e-jigar daavar-e-mahashar se hamaaraa
i.nsaaf talab hai terii bedaadagarii kaa

%[daavar-e-mahashar = God]

is ra.ng se jhamake hai palak par ke kahe tuu
Tukaraa hai meraa ashk aqiiq-e-jigarii kaa

le saa.Ns bhii naazuk ke aahistaa hai bahut kaam
aafaaq kii is kaaragah-e-shiishaagarii kaa

%[kaaragah-e-shiishaagarii = glass factory]

Tuk miir-e-jigar-soKtaa kii jald Kabar le
kyaa yaar bharosaa hai chiraaG-e-saharii kaa

%[miir-e-jigar-soKtaa = Miir with the burnt liver]

#endindian
\endsong