ya mujhe afsare saha na banaya hota
ya mera taz gadaya na banaya hota
khak sari ke liye agar banaya tha mujhe
kash sange dare jana na banaya hota

nasha aye ishk ka jarf diya tha mujhko
umar ka tang na paymana banaya hota
roz mamura aye dunia me kharabi hai jafar
aisi basti se to virana banaya hota
ya mujhe afsare saha na banaya hota
ya mera taz gadaya na banaya hota

Either you shouldn't have made me a king,
Or a crown for the beggar, you shouldn't have been.
For dust was I fashioned, for dust to remain,
Would that a stone, by the door, I had never been seen.

The intoxication of love, a vessel you gave,
But a lifetime so narrow, you shouldn't have weaved.
Each day on this world, chaos, a stain,
Better a desert, from this world I'd have believed.
Either you shouldn't have made me a king,
Or a crown for the beggar, you shouldn't have been.