gar tujh mein hai wafa to jafakar kaun hai
dildar tu hua to dil-azar kaun hai

if you harbour loyalty / then who is treacherous
if you are benevolent / then who is barbarous

nalan hun muddaton se tere sae ke tale
puchha na ye kabhu pas-e-diwar kaun hai

for ages i'm lamenting here / underneath your shade
to ask "who is behind the wall?" / you never essayed

har shab sharab-khwar har ek din siyah hai
aashufta zulf o latpati dastar kaun hai

every night's immersed in wine / and dark is every day
who is that with hair awry, headwrap in disarray?

har aan dekhta hun main apne sanam ko shaikh
tere khuda ka talib-e-didar kaun hai

preacher, every moment my / beloved i have seen
for a vision of your god, do tell me who is keen?

'sauda' ko jurm-e-ishq se karte hain aaj qatl
pahchanta hai tu ye gunahgar kaun hai

for his crime of passion / 'sauda's' being slain today
do you recognise who is / this sinner, by the way?