kiya hai pyar jise humne zindagi ki tarah
kiya hai pyar jise humne zindagi ki tarah
wo aashna bhi mila humse ajnabi ki tarah
kiya hai pyar jise humne zindagi ki tarah

kise khabar thi badhegi kuch aur tariqi
kise khabar thi badhegi kuch aur tariqi
chupega wo kisi badli mein chandni ki tarah
wo aashna bhi mila humse ajnabi ki tarah
kiya hai pyar jise humne zindagi ki tarah

badha ke pyaas meri usne hath chhod diya
badha ke pyaas meri usne hath chhod diya
wo kar raha tha muravvat dillagi ki tarah
wo aashna bhi mila humse ajnabi ki tarah
kiya hai pyar jise humne zindagi ki tarah

sitam to ye hai ke wo bhi na ban saka apna
sitam to ye hai ke wo bhi na ban saka apna
qabul humne kiye jiske gam khushi ki tarah
wo aashna bhi mila humse ajnabi ki tarah
kiya hai pyar jise humne zindagi ki tarah

kabhi na socha tha humne qatil uske liye
kabhi na socha tha humne qatil uske liye
karega hum pe sitam wo bhi har kisi ki tarah
wo aashna bhi mila humse ajnabi ki tarah
kiya hai pyar jise humne zindagi ki tarah
humne zindagi ki tarah
humne zindagi ki tarah

Loved her as life itself, with every breath,
Loved her as life itself, a sacred death.
Yet, she met me, a stranger in the aftermath,
Loved her as life itself, a winding path.

Who knew the shadows would deepen, grow,
Who knew the shadows, a relentless flow?
That she'd hide, a moon in clouds of woe,
Yet, she met me, a stranger, all aglow.
Loved her as life itself, letting go.

Having stoked my thirst, she slipped away,
Having stoked my thirst, at close of day,
Her kindness a game, a fleeting play,
Yet, she met me, a stranger in disarray,
Loved her as life itself, where shadows stay.

The cruelest blow, she couldn't be my own,
The cruelest blow, a seed that's sown,
I embraced her sorrows, gladly known,
Yet, she met me, a stranger, overthrown,
Loved her as life itself, forever flown.

Never thought, O Qateel, in all my days,
Never thought, to wander through the maze,
She'd inflict such pain, in countless ways,
Yet, she met me, a stranger in a haze,
Loved her as life itself, in endless phrase,
As life itself, in fading rays,
As life itself, in fading haze.