ناشاد کانپوری

English rendering

Phir hua sauda-e-dil-e-'Nashad' kya Aa gaya bhoola koi phir yaad kya Hum-qafas kuchh sa'i-e-azadi bhi kar Har ghadi phir shikwa-e-sayyad kya Bha gayin kyoon dahr ki ranginiyan Ho gaya zauq-e-nazar barbad kya Aks-e-rangin hai nigah-e-shauq ka Aur sharh-e-alam-e-eejad kya Zarre zarre ka jigar hai chaak chaak Aur hogi ishq ki roodad kya Zindagi hai waqf-e-sa'i-e-rayegan Aur mujh 'Nashad' ki roodad kya