1/3: hasti

tera ehsaas zara sa

teri hasti paayaab

to samundar ki tarah

shor machaata kya hai

your experience so trivial

your existence so shallow

why do you create a furor

like a noisy sea

Theme:Miscellany (44)

2/3: hasti

kis se shikwa karen

veeraane-e-hasti ka, 'hayat'

ham ne khud apni

tamannaaon ko jeene na diya

to whom will i complain, hayat,

about this life of desolation

i myself did not let my

aspirations live and thrive

Theme:Hopes, Aspirations & Dreams (33)

3/3: hasti

suni hikayat-e-hasti

to darmiyan se suni

na ibtida ki khabar hai

na inteha maaloom

heard the story of life

but from the middle

don’t know how it started

nor know where it will end

Theme:Nature, World & Universe (44)