Rahiye ab aesi jagha chal kar jahan koi na ho..

Rahiye ab aesi jagha chal kar jahan koi na ho,

Hum-sukhan koi na ho, aur hum-zubaan koi na ho,

Parriye gar beemar to koi na ho teemar’daaar*,

Aur agar mar jaayiye to noha-khuwaa’n* koi na ho..

(teemar’daaar;caretaker, noha-khuwaa’n;noha reciter)