kis tarah apni mohabbat ki main takmil karun
gham-e-hasti bhi to shamil hai gham-e-yar ke sath

jab bhi aata hai mera nam tere nam ke sath
jaane kyun log mere nam se jal jate hain

whenever my name happens to be linked to thee
i wonder why these people burn with jealousy [...]

hamein bhi nind aa jaegi hum bhi so hi jaenge
abhi kuchh be-qarari hai sitaro tum to so jao

garmi-e-hasrat-e-nakaam se jal jate hain
hum charaghon ki tarah sham se jal jate hain

i burn up in the flames of unfulfilled desire
like lanterns are, at eventide i am set afire [...]

dil pe aae hue ilzam se pahchante hain
log ab mujh ko tere nam se pahchante hain

chalo achchha hua kaam aa gai diwangi apni
wagarna hum zamane bhar ko samjhane kahan jate

twas a good thing that my madness was to some avail
else, for my state, what other reason could the world i show? [...]