mohabbat me.n terii ta.Dapataa kyuu.N ye meraa dil
%(in your love, why my heart is in pain)

phuulo.n saa cheharaa hai patthar saa hai teraa dil
%(your face is like flowers, but your heart is like stone)

kaliyo.n ke badale kaa.NTe mile
%(in place of buds, i got thorns)

Kushiyo.n ke badale me.n rusvaa_iyaa.N
%(in place of happiness, i got bad name)


rishte sabhii kyuu.N bhuul ke naate sabhii kyuu.N to.D ke
%(why having forgotten all the relationships, why having snapped all the bonds)

diivaanaa mai.n kyuu.N ho gayaa huu.N tere pyaar me.n
%(why have i become mad in your love)

ma.nzil ke badale me.n tuufaa.N mile hai.n
%(in place of destination, i got storms)

amR^it ke badale me.n viShadhar mile hai.n
%(in place of ambrosia, i got poisonous snakes)


kyaa mai.nne chaahaa thaa aur kyaa milaa hai mujhe
%(what i had wished for, and what i have got)


us naagin kii zulfo.n me.n ulajhaa huu.N jab se
%(eversince i have got entangled in the hairlocks of that snake)

jiinaa bhii mushkil hai maranaa bhii mushkil
%(living is difficult, dieing is also difficult)

kyaa mai.nne chaahaa thaa aur kyaa milaa hai mujhe