Sat down with the dog for a Ghazal evening. On the player was Ghulam Ali. This one was penned by Hafiz Hoshiarpuri.

Tamam-e-umr tera intezaar humne kiya,
Is intezaar mein kis kis se pyaar humne kiya
Talash-e-dost ko ik umr chahiye ai dost,
Ki ek umr tera intezaar humne kiya
Tere khayal mein dil shaadman raha barson,
Tere huzoor ise sogawaar humne kiya
Ye tishnagi hai ki unse qareeb rehkar bhi,
‘Hafeez’ yaad unhe bar bar humne kiya

Roughly translated (improvements welcome)…

All my life I have waited for her
And in that wait, Heaven knows who all I have loved
It takes a whole life to find your true love, I know
And I have waited a whole life for her
My heart was happy to be lost in her thoughts in her absence
Now in her presence, somehow, it is forced to be sorrowful
Such is my longing for her that even being next to her
Hafiz, I kept remembering and yearning for her