‎Tan ke niyamon se banda har dil, fir bhi dilon ko choove har dil,

jivha jo karn se keh na sake, wo keh sake dil se har dil

seene ke deewar mei kaid hai har dil, fir bhi dil tak pahoonche har dil

havaa khud andar jaa ise choove, tho khuli havaa kyu maange ye dil

Laila boli Majnu se
 'Janam janam ka pyaar hai', 
Radha boli Kanha se
 'Ham dono ke beech kabhi
 na janam hai na samay,
 hai tho bas ek pyaar hai,
 ham dono ke beech'

Zakhmi dil se zakhmi hua ye dil
pehle us zakhm ko bharo, Maa,
ghaav bahut gehra hai,
zakhm badaa purana hai,
ye dil tere charanon par,
is dil mei Tu hai hee.

"preet badaa ya preetham", jab kanha ne poocha

saralta se boli, baavri radha bholi

"tulna do mei hoti, mei janoo bas ek

preet bhi mere aap, preetham bhi hai aap"

Har koi chahe par kholke ude aasmaan mei, aaj ki duniya mei; 
hame yaad hai hum panchi nahin insaan hai, aaj ki duniya mei bhi; 
pyaar ke bandhan mei bandhi rahe, par dil kholke aatma ko oopar udne de, aaj ki duniya mei; 
kyunki aatma na insaan hai na panchi, aaj ki duniya mei bhi.

A little lamp inside my heart, a tiny flame burning
Too small to illuminate my dusty mind, too bright that it should go off!
In spirituality too, I'm a middle class, caught between opposites,
Is Liberation another name to slide towards an end?

The challenges of creating

A mighty mountain before me,
a widespread valley between us;
know not what on the other side is,
but ought to build a town up there.

Thoughts of height for making minds,
Trees of might I need for my school,
for wood or shade I know not well,
but ought to build a town up there.

Birds of wings on the infinite sky
Clouds of joy above the hill,
Will they come down? I wish I knew,
but ought to build a town up there.