na jane din kaise jivan me aaye hai
na jane din kaise jivan me aaye hai
ke mujhse to bichhade khud mere saye hai
na jane din kaise jivan me aaye hai

kya kya socha tha, kya thi ummide
jiske liye bhi maine kho di aankho ki ye ninde
usi se dukho ke tohafe ye paye hai
na jane din kaise jivan me aaye hai

samajha sukh jisko chhaya thi gum ki
jaise kahi ret pe chamke kuch bunde shabnam ki
ye dhokhe nazar ke humne bhi khaye hai
na jane din kaise jivan me aaye hai

I do not know how these days have come to dwell,
I do not know how they in life now fell,
For even my shadows now from me have fled,
I do not know how these days have come to bed.

What I had thought, what hopes did I embrace,
For which I lost the slumber from my face,
And from that very source, woes now are sent,
I do not know how these days have come, heaven-bent.

What I did grasp as joy, was sorrow's shade,
Like dewdrops bright on sand, a fleeting glade,
These deceptions of sight, we too have known,
I do not know how these days have been sown.