kabhi gham se dil lagaya, kabhi ashk ke sahare
kabhi shab gujari roke, kabhi gin ke chand tare
kabhi gin ke chand tare, kabhi gham se dil lagaya

ghame aashiki ke sadme, mujhe or dena humdam
ghame aashiki ke sadme, mere din gujr rahe hai
teri yaad ke sahare, teri yaad ke sahare
teri yaad ke sahare, kabhi gham se dil lagaya

gulsan prast mai hu, pahle chaman se kah do
gulsan prast mai hu, khune jigar se humne
phulo ke rukh nikare, phulo ke rukh nikare
phulo ke rukh nikare, kabhi gham se dil lagaya

tujhe vasta khuda ka, jara dekh le idhr bhi
tujhe vasta khuda ka, ghabrake mar na jaye
shabe hijr gham ke mare, shabe hijr gham ke mare
shabe hijr gham ke mare, kabhi gham se dil lagaya

Sometimes I embraced sorrow, sometimes found solace in tears,
Sometimes nights were spent weeping, sometimes counting the moon's spears.
Sometimes counting the moon's spears, sometimes I embraced sorrow.

Oh, friend, bestow on me more wounds of love's sharp sting,
The torments of love's sorrows, consuming all my days.
Anchored by your memory, anchored by your memory,
Anchored by your memory, sometimes I embraced sorrow.

I am a devotee of the garden, tell it to the spring,
I am a devotee of the garden, with the blood of my heart,
I have nurtured the faces of flowers, nurtured the faces of flowers,
Nurtured the faces of flowers, sometimes I embraced sorrow.

I implore you, by God, just cast a glance this way,
I implore you, by God, lest I perish in despair,
By the afflicted by grief's separation, by the afflicted,
By the afflicted, sometimes I embraced sorrow.