Chehre se jhaaR pichhle baras ki kudooratein
Deewaar se puraana calendar utaar de

Brush the bitterness of the past year from your face — and take the old calendar down from the wall. (Zafar Iqbal)

Na koi ranj ka lamha kisi ke paas aaye
Khuda kare ke naya saal sab ko raas aaye

May not a single moment of sorrow come to anyone — God grant that the new year suits us all. (Faryad Azar)

Naye saal ki roshni mein ye samajh aaya
Jo kho gaya tha, wahi humein mazboot bana gaya

In the light of the new year this became clear — what we had lost is the very thing that made us strong.

Ik pal ka qurb ek baras ka phir intezaar
Aayi hai January to December chala gaya

A moment of nearness, then a year of waiting again — January has come, and December has gone. (Rukhsar Nazimabadi)

Ik saal gaya ik saal naya hai aane ko
Par waqt ka ab bhi hosh nahin deewaane ko

One year has gone and a new one is on its way — yet this madman still has no sense of time. (Ibn-e-Insha)

Koi haar gaya koi jeet gaya
Ye saal bhi aakhir beet gaya

Someone lost, someone won — and this year, too, has finally passed.

Jaate saal ki aakhri shab hai
Kal ka sooraj jaane kaisa hoga

It is the last night of the departing year — who knows what tomorrow's sun will be like.

Har naya din humein khud se milaata hai
Naya saal zindagi ko phir se nikhaarta hai

Every new day introduces us to ourselves — a new year polishes life anew.

Naye saal ki hawa mein ye paighaam likha hai
Jo khud ko badal le, wahi aage baRha hai

Written in the air of the new year is this message: only those who change themselves move ahead.

Log to dekh rahe hain saal ka badalna
Main ne saal bhar log badalte dekhe

People are watching the year change — I have spent the whole year watching people change.

Phir naye saal ki sarhad pe khaRe hain hum log
Guzar jaayega ye saal bhi, hairat kaisi?

Once more we stand at the border of a new year — this year too will pass; what is there to wonder at?

Phir se teen sau painsaTh par ka ek parinda utrega
Phir dil ki deewaar par pichhle saal ke par reh jaayenge

Once again a bird of three hundred and sixty-five feathers will alight — and once again, on the wall of the heart, last year's feathers will remain.

Kaun jaane ke naye saal mein kis ko paRhe
Log badalte hain mayaar, nisaabon ki tarah

Who knows whom one will have to study in the new year — people change their standards like syllabi.

Kuchh khushiyaan kuchh aansu de kar Taal gaya
Jeevan ka ik aur sunehra saal gaya

Leaving behind some joys and some tears, it slipped away — one more golden year of life is gone.

Umr ka ek aur saal gaya
Waqt phir hum pe khaak Daal gaya

One more year of life has gone — and time, once again, has thrown dust upon us. (Shakeel Jamali)

Ek patta shajar-e-umr se lo aur gira
Log kehte hain mubaarak ho naya saal tumhein

Look — one more leaf has fallen from the tree of life; and people say, happy new year to you.

Saal guzar jaata hai saara
Aur calendar reh jaata hai

The whole year passes away — and only the calendar remains. (Sarfaraz Zahid)

Naya saal aaya hai magar dil wahi puraana hai
Wahi tanhaai, wahi gham, wahi afsaana hai

A new year has come, but the heart is the same old one — the same solitude, the same sorrow, the same old story.

Naya saal aaya hai, yaadein bhi saath laaya
Jo bhoolna chaaha tha, wahi sab lauT aaya

The new year has come, and brought memories along — everything I wished to forget has returned.

Naya saal aaya, dil ne shor na machaaya
Jo tha naseeb mein, use shukr se apnaaya

The new year came, and the heart made no clamour — whatever was in my fate, I accepted with gratitude.

Naya saal aaya, zakhm bhi saath aaye
Hum ne muskura kar sab ko apna banaaya

The new year came, and old wounds came with it — yet with a smile, I made them all my own.

Naya saal aaya hai, dil ne bas yehi kaha
Jo Rab ne diya hai, wahi kaafi hai sada

The new year has come, and the heart said only this: whatever the Lord has given is always enough.

Saal-e-nau aata hai to mehfooz kar leta hoon main
Kuchh puraane se calendar zehn ki deewaar par

When the new year arrives, I quietly preserve a few old calendars upon the wall of my mind. (Azad Gulati)

Naya saal aaya hai, tum saath ho to kaafi hai
Har aane waala din bas tumhaari rafaaqat hai

The new year has come — if you are with me, that is enough; every coming day is simply your companionship.

Har yakam January tum se hi shuroo lagta hai
Naye saal mein bhi tum, puraane jaise hi lagte ho

Every first of January feels as though it begins with you — even in the new year, you feel just as you always did.

Naye saal mein bhi wahi waada doharaaungi
Har lamha tumhaare saath hi nibhaaungi

In the new year too I will repeat the same promise — to spend every moment by your side.

Naya saal aaya hai, mohabbat wahi puraani
Farq bas itna hai, yaqeen aur kahaani

A new year has come, and the love is the same old love — the only difference is in the faith, and the story.

Har saal badalta hai, tum nahin badalte
Isi liye naye saal bhi khaas ho jaate hain

Every year changes, but you never do — and that is why even the new years become special.

Waqt mein bahut kuchh badla, mohabbat nahin badli
Naya saal aaya, par chaahat wahi nikli

Much has changed with time, but love has not — a new year came, yet the affection turned out to be the same.

Har saal ka aaghaaz tumhaari muskuraahaT se
Yun lagta hai umr baRh rahi hai teri is aadat se

Every year begins with your smile — and it seems my life grows longer from this habit of yours.

Har naye saal mein khud ko tum mein paata hoon
Mohabbat yun hi nahin, ise nibhaata hoon

In every new year I find myself in you — my love is no idle thing; I live up to it.

Saal par saal guzarte gaye, saal par saal
Muntazir hum the, muntazir hum hain tere, dost

Year after year went by, year upon year — we were waiting, and we are still waiting for you, my friend.

Ye saal bhi aakhirkaar beet gaya
Ab yaad dilaayein kya tum ko, dost

This year, too, has finally passed — what is there left to remind you of now, my friend?

Ab ke baar mil kar yun saal-e-nau manaayenge
Ranjishen bhula kar hum nafratein miTaayenge

This time we will celebrate the new year together like this — forgetting grudges, wiping away all hatred.

Ja raha hai ye saal bhi yaadon ka nazraana de kar
Agar hui ho hum se koi khata to maaf karna

This year, too, departs, leaving behind a gift of memories — if I have wronged you in any way, please forgive me.

ChhoR gaye puraane saal ki tarah puraane dost bhi
Ise naya saal mubaarak ho, naye dost ki tarah

Old friends have left, just like the old year — so let us wish this new year well, as we would a new friend.

Naya saal aaya hai, wahi puraani hansi saath
Yaadon ki file mein ab bhi hai dosti ki baat

A new year has come, bringing the same old laughter — and in the file of memories, the matter of friendship still remains.

Har saal badal jaata hai, qissa nahin badalta
Hamaari dosti ka mizaaj nahin badalta

Every year changes, but the story does not — the temperament of our friendship never changes.

Naye saal mein bhi wahi mazaaq chalenge
Jo raaz the kal, wahi aaj bhi palenge

In the new year, too, the same old jokes will go on — and the secrets of yesterday will be kept today as well.

Naya saal aaya to ye dil ne maan liya
Dost ho saath to har din jashn ban gaya

When the new year came, the heart admitted this: with a friend beside you, every day becomes a celebration.

Waqt ne humein masroof bahut kar diya hai
Magar naye saal ne phir saath biTha diya hai

Time has kept us terribly busy — but the new year has once again sat us down together.

Naye saal mein pichhli nafrat bhula dein
Chalo, apni duniya ko jannat bana dein

In the new year, let us forget the hatred of the past — come, let us turn our world into a paradise.

Phir naya saal, nayi subah, nayi umeedein
Aye Khuda khair ki khabron ke ujaale rakhna

Once more a new year, a new dawn, new hopes — O God, keep alight the glow of good tidings.

Naye saal ki aisi ya-Rab sahar ho
Sada hum pe tere karam ki nazar ho

O Lord, may the dawn of the new year be such — that Your gaze of grace rests upon us always.