garmฤซ-e-hasrat-e-nฤkฤm se jal jaate haiรฑ
ham charฤฤกhoรฑ kฤซ tarah shaam se jal jaate haiรฑ
sham.a jis aag meรฑ jaltฤซ hai numฤ.ish ke liye
ham usฤซ aag meรฑ gumnฤm se jal jaate haiรฑ
The heat of unfulfilled longing consumes us;
like lamps, we burn when evening falls.
The very fire in which the candle burns to be seen,
in that same fire, we burn away - unnoticed, unnamed.
- Qateel Shifai















