baat karni mujhe mushkil kabhi aisi to na thi jaisi ab hai teri mahfil kabhi aisi to na thi conversing has never been so diffficult for me your company now is no more as it used to be le gaya chhin ke kaun aaj tera sabr o qarar be-qarari tujhe ai dil kabhi aisi to na thi who is it that's spirited your peace and calm away o heart you never were perturbed as you are today us ki aankhon ne khuda jaane kiya kya jadu ki tabiat meri mail kabhi aisi to na thi lord knows what enchantment her eyes have cast on me never was my temperament inclined to this degree aks-e-rukhsar ne kis ke hai tujhe chamkaya tab tujh mein mah-e-kaamil kabhi aisi to na thi reflection of whose face is it that causes you to glow? o full moon, you've never shone this brightly before ab ki jo rah-e-mohabbat mein uthai taklif sakht hoti hamein manzil kabhi aisi to na thi -------- -------- pa-e-kuban koi zindan mein naya hai majnun aati aawaz-e-salasil kabhi aisi to na thi in jail some lover, newly crazed, is stomping all around never did the clamour of the chains produce this sound nigah-e-yar ko ab kyun hai taghaful ai dil wo tere haal se ghafil kabhi aisi to na thi o heart why is my loved one's glance neglectful today? unmindful of your state, it has never been this way chashm-e-qatil meri dushman thi hamesha lekin jaisi ab ho gai qatil kabhi aisi to na thi -------- -------- kya sabab tu jo bigadta hai 'zafar' se har bar khu teri hur-shamail kabhi aisi to na thi what reason zafar's every act you do now deplore houri-face! your nature never was like this before