Lab Pe Aati Hai Dua

لب پہ آتی ہے دعا بن کے تمنا میری
زندگی شمع کی صورت ہو خدایا میری

Lab pe aati hai dua ban ke tamanna meri.
Zindagi shama ki soorat ho Khudaya meri.

A prayer rises to my lips, becoming my deepest wish:
O Lord, may my life be like a candle.

May the world's darkness be dispelled by my radiance;
may every place be lit by my flickering light.

May my homeland be adorned through me
as a garden is adorned by flowers.

May my life, O Lord, be like that of a moth —
in love with the lamp of knowledge.