a ghazal composed by Shahryar for the film, and sung by Asha Bhosle meter: #18 in the *meter list*
*on youtube*
   
that one for whom/which we were searching-- we didn't find him/it
but on this pretext we saw the world 
justajū jis kī thī us ko to nah pāyā ham ne
is bahāne se magar dekh lī dunyā ham ne
we didn't disgrace you, nor did we repent either
in this way we upheld the custom of passion 
tujh ko rusvā nah kiyā ham bhī pashemāñ nah huʾe
ʿishq kī rasm ko is t̤arḥ nibhāyā ham ne
when did we meet, where were we separated-- we don't remember
oh life, we only saw you in a dream 
kab milī thī kahāñ bichhṛī thī hameñ yād nahīñ
zindagī tujh ko to bas ḳhvāb meñ dekhā ham ne
oh Ada, why/how would we even tell more about our situation?
we traversed the long journey of the lifetime alone 
ay adā aur sunāʾeñ bhī to kyā ḥāl apnā
ʿumr kā lambā ṣafar t̤ay kiyā tanhā ham ne
   
Here's the form of the ghazal that Shahryar published in his own name, as serious Urdu poetry:  
that one for whom/which we were searching-- we didn't find him/it
but on this pretext we saw the world 
justajū jis kī thī us ko to nah pāyā ham ne
is bahāne se magar dekh lī dunyā ham ne
everyone's condition is exactly the same as ours today
it's a separate matter that we alone complained
sab kā aḥvāl vuhī hai jo hamārā hai āj
yih alag bāt kih shikvah kiyā tanhā ham ne

we neither ourselves repented, nor embarrassed that one
how well we upheld the style of passion!

ḳhvud pashemān huʾe ne use sharmindah kiyā
ʿishq kī vaẓʿa ko kyā ḳhūb nibhāyā ham ne
what disaster is that, that has descended on the eyes?
for some time we haven't had a dream
kaun sā qahr yih āñkhoñ pah huʾā hai nāzul
ek muddat hai koʾī ḳhvāb nah dekhā ham ne
a whole lifetime we spoke only the truth, we said nothing except the truth
what recompense we'd get for this-- we didn't think about this
ʿumr bhar sach hī kahā sach ke sivā kuchh nah kahā
ajr kyā is kā milegā yih nah sochā ham ne
Source: sātvāñ dār (Allahabad: Shabkhun Kitab Ghar, 1969), p.77  
 
 

 
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