patthar ke sanam, tujhe hamane, muhabbat kaa khudaa jaanaa
badi bhul hui, are hamane, ye kyaa samajhaa ye kyaa jaanaa

cheharaa teraa dil me liye, chalate chale agaaro pe
tu ho kahi, sajade kiye hamane tere rukhasaaro pe
ham saa na ho, koi divaanaa, patthar ke

sochaa na thaa badh jaaegi, tanahaaiyaa jab raato ki
rastaa hame dikhalaaegi, shamaa-e-vafaa in aankho ki
thokar lagi, phir pahachaanaa, patthar ke

ai kaash ke hoti khabar tune kise thukaraayaa hai
shishaa nahi, saagar nahi, madir-saa ik dil dhaayaa hai
saaraa aasamaan, hai viraanaa, patthar ke

Stone idol, you, we hailed, as the god of love,
A grave error, alas, what we understood, what we knew.

Your face held in the heart, we walked on embers,
Wherever you were, we bowed, at your cheeks.
None like us, a madman, stone idol.

Unthought, loneliness would grow, with the nights,
The lamp of faithfulness, would light our eyes, the path.
A stumble, then recognition, stone idol.

Oh, if only you knew, whom you spurned,
Not glass, not a sea, a temple-like heart was broken.
The entire sky, a desert, stone idol.