deke pyar diye kyo rabba, rog judaayi vaale
aansu bankar fut pade hai, mere dil ke chhaale

koi mera haal naa puche, mera dard naa baante
meri ruh mei tute gam ke, sau jahreele kaante
jitnaa sochu utani uljhan, kya hongi tadbeere
pal pal or ulajhti jaaye, saanso ki janjeere

vo bhi rutha jis ki khaater, maine aafat jheli
yaado ke jungle me bhatke, meri jaan akeli
hum ko kya takdeer mile hai, jee kar jee naa paaye
bebas hoker marnaa chaahe, bairan maut naa aaye

deke pyar diye kyo rabba, rog judaayi vaale
aansu bankar fut pade hai, mere dil ke chhaale

Why, Oh Lord, love's gift, then parting's blight?
Tears now burst forth, wounds within my heart's light.

None ask my state, no solace to impart,
A hundred poisoned thorns pierce my soul's art.
The more I ponder, the deeper the maze,
What remedy holds through these darkening days?
Each moment knots tighter, life's breath in chains,
Each moment grows deeper, these sorrowing strains.

He, for whom I suffered, has turned away,
Lost in memory's wood, where I now stray.
What fate is ours, to live, yet never to thrive?
Powerless, wishing death, yet unable to die.

Why, Oh Lord, love's gift, then parting's blight?
Tears now burst forth, wounds within my heart's light.