Mohabbat haar ke jeena bahut mushkil hota hai Mohsin
Use bas itna bata dena, bharam toRa nahin karte

It is very hard to live after losing in love, Mohsin — just tell her this: one does not shatter another's trust.

Aaj is fikr mein guzra din mera
Kal bhi itna udaas rehna hai

My whole day passed in this one worry — that tomorrow, too, I must stay this sad.

Kisi ajnabi se zara zara
Hue aashna, to bichhaR gaye

We had just barely begun to know a stranger — and then we were parted.

Sadmon se log mar nahin jaate
Tere saamne misaal hai meri

People do not die of heartbreak — I stand before you as the proof.

Thak gaye hain auron ke gham sunte Altaaf
Koi hum se bhi poochh le kyun aankhein nam hain ji

I have grown weary of listening to others' sorrows, Altaf — let someone ask me, too, why my eyes are moist.

Abhi khoobsoorat chehra hai, aashiq to bahut honge
Jo jhurriyaan bhi choome, aisa dilbar talaash kar

While your face is still lovely, there will be many admirers — but seek the beloved who will kiss even your wrinkles.

Teri yaadon ke khaamosh mahal mein
Dil to lag jaata hai par aankh nahin lagti

In the silent palace of your memories, the heart settles in — but the eyes never find sleep.

Akela dil tha aur gham the hazaaron
Akele ko mil kar hazaaron ne looTa

There was one lonely heart and a thousand sorrows — and the thousand together plundered the one.

Tumhein kyun ehsaas nahin hota
Ke mera har ehsaas tum ho

Why do you never realize that every feeling I have is you?

Badla jo rang aap ne, hairat hui mujhe
GirgiT ko maat de gayi, fitrat janaab ki

When you changed your colours, I was astonished — your nature outdid even the chameleon.

Kisi taur peechha nahin chhoRta
Khayaal-e-yaar bhi bigaRte bukhaar jaisa hai

It simply will not let me go — the thought of the beloved is like a fever that keeps worsening.

PakRi jab nabz meri, tabeeb-e-jaan ye bola
Woh zinda hai tujh mein, tu mar chuka hai jis mein

When the healer of souls felt my pulse, he said: 'The one you died for is alive within you — and you are dead within them.'

Tum qaafile mohabbat ke kuchh der rok lo
Aate hain hum bhi paaon se kaante nikaal kar

Hold the caravan of love a little while — I am coming too, once I have pulled the thorns from my feet.