lagta nahi hai ji mera ujde dayar me
lagta nahi hai ji mera ujde dayar me
lagta nahi hai ji mera ujde dayar me
kiski bani hai aalam-e-naapaydar me
lagta nahi hai ji mera

kah do in hasrato se kahi aur ja base
kah do in hasrato se kahi aur ja base
kahi aur ja base
itni jagah kahan hai dil-e-daagdaar me
itni jagah kahan hai dil-e-daagdaar me
lagta nahi hai ji mera

umar-e-daraz maang ke laye the char din
laye the char din
umar-e-daraz maang ke laye the char din
do aarzu me kat gaye do intzaar me
do aarzu me kat gaye do intzaar me
lagta nahi hai ji mera

bulbul ko baagba se na saiyaad se gila
bulbul ko baagba se na saiyaad se gila
kismat me kaid thi fasle bahar me
kismat me kaid thi fasle bahar me
lagta nahi hai ji mera

kitna hai badnasib zafar dafn ke liye
kitna hai badnasib zafar dafn ke liye
dafn ke liye
do gaz zamin bhi na mil saki ku-e-yaar me
do gaz zamin bhi na mili ku-e-yaar me
lagta nahi hai ji mera ujde dayar me
kiski bani hai aalam-e-naapaydar me
lagta nahi hai ji mera

My heart finds no home in this desolate land,
No solace in this broken terrain,
In a world so fleeting, whose reign can last?
My soul finds no peace.

Tell these desires to seek another shore,
To find a haven, a different door,
Where can they reside, in this wounded heart's core?
My soul finds no peace.

We sought a long life, yet brought but fleeting days,
Four days we were granted, in life's maze,
Two vanished in longing, two in waiting's haze,
My soul finds no peace.

The nightingale laments not the gardener's hand,
Nor the hunter's snare in the shifting sand,
For fate decreed her prison, within spring's command,
My soul finds no peace.

How wretched is Zafar, for a final sleep,
To be buried in dust, where shadows creep,
Two yards of earth denied, where his loved ones weep,
My soul finds no home in this desolate land,
In a world so fleeting, whose reign can last?
My soul finds no peace.