mohabbat mein nahin hai farq jine aur marne ka
usi ko dekh kar jite hain jis kafir pe dam nikle

in love there is no difference 'tween life and death do know
the very one for whom i die, life too does bestow [...]

ishq se tabiat ne zist ka maza paya
dard ki dawa pai dard-e-be-dawa paya

my being did, from love's domain, the joy of life procure
obtained such cure for life's travails, which itself had no cure [...]

ishq mujh ko nahin wahshat hi sahi
meri wahshat teri shohrat hi sahi

if not love, then madness, my feelings deem you be
and so be it my craziness is cause of fame for thee [...]

aashiqi sabr-talab aur tamanna betab
dil ka kya rang karun khun-e-jigar hote tak

love has a need for patience, desires are a strain
as long my ache persists, how shall my heart sustain [...]

dil mujhe us gali mein le ja kar
aur bhi khak mein mila laya

kya kahun tum se main ki kya hai ishq
jaan ka rog hai bala hai ishq

what can i say of love to thee
soul's ailment and calamity [...]