Hai Baat kya kay

Hai Baat kya kay hawa-e-watan saazgaar nahi
Tan-aasaaN log bahut, dil-e-daaghdaar nahi

Jo dast-e-qatil o ahl-e-hawas ko rok sakei.N
Tamam shahr meiN aisay badah khaar nahi

Baghawato.n ki sadaaeiN haiN gonjte hai.N pahaad
Jo sang-o-khisht muqayyad tHe, be-ekhteyaar nahi

Na koi waada-e-farda, na ishq-e-posheeda
Teri wafaao.n pe ab hamko aitabaar nahi

Ye joo-e-khoo.n, bujha aftaab, ye haqeeqat hain
Mere takhayyul ka koi shaahkaar nahi

Jewaa.n lahoo se hai qaym rangeeni-e-hena-e-chaman
Hai kaun ahl-e-wafa jo sang-saar nahi

Un hi ke dam se hai qaym weqar-e-maikhana
Jo rasm-e-maikashi se kabhi sharmsaar nahi

Hai ismeiN gardish-e-ayyam par hayaat keha.n
Har ek lemha ke jab tera entezaar nahi

Gham-e-hayat ne daali hai.n bandishei.n warna
HameiN to yuN nahi ke kisi se pyaar nahi

Zubaan-e-taan mei.n larzish, dil-e-syaah mei.n yaad
Namaz-e-nyaaz hai yaaro, ye ishtehaar nahi

Ho shama kaisay farozaa.n, hangama ho bapa kaisay
Woh anjuman ke jeha.N zikr-e-yaar nahi

Glossary

Hawa-e-watan: air of my city, saazgaar: suitable, tan aasaa.n – comfort seeking, dil-e-daaghdaar: compassionate heart

Daste-qatil: murderer’s hands, ahl-e-hawas: evil forces, badah khaar: drunkard

Baghaawat: rebellion, sang-o-khisht: stones and pebbles, mugayyad: imprisoned, be-ekteyar: with no authority

Waada-e-farda: promise of tomorrow, ishq-e-posheeda: secret love, aitbaar: belief

Joo-e-khoo.n: river of blood, aaftab: sun, takhayyul: imagination, shaahkaar: materpiece

Jewaa.n lahoo: yong blood, rangeeni: colour, ahl-e-wafa: men of honour, sangassar: stoned

Weqar: pride, maikhana: bar, rasm: tradition, bandagi: submission to God, Sharmsaar: ashamed

Rawaa.n: moving, gardish-e-ayyam: alternation of days, hayat: life)

Gham-e-hayaat: pains of life, bandishei.n: obstacles

Zubaan-e-taan: twisted tongue, larzish: trembling, dil-e-syaah: blackened heart
Neyaaz: humility , ishtehaar: advertisement

Shama: candle, farozaa.n: lit, bapa: happen, anjuman: celebration/party, zikr-e-yaar: talk of the beloved