ye kaisi mohabbat, kaha ke fasane
ye kaisi mohabbat, kaha ke fasane
ye peene peelane, ke sab hai bahane
ye kaisi mohabbat, kaha ke fasane

wo daman ho unka, ke sunsaan sehra
wo daman ho unka, ke sunsaan sehra
bas humko to, aakhir hai aansu bahane
ye kaisi mohabbat, kaha ke fasane
ye peene peelane, ke sab hai bahane
ye kaisi mohabbat, kaha ke fasane

ye kisne mujhe, mast nazro se dekha
ye kisne mujhe, mast nazro se dekha
lage khud-b-khud hi kadam ladkhadaye
ye kaisi mohabbat, kaha ke fasane
ye peene peelane, ke sab hai bahane
ye kaisi mohabbat, kaha ke fasane

chalo tum bhi gumnam, ab maikade me
chalo tum bhi gumnam, ab maikade me
tumhe dafn karne hai, kai gham purane
ye kaisi mohabbat, kaha ke fasane
ye peene peelane, ke sab hai bahane
ye kaisi mohabbat, kaha ke fasane

What love is this, and where these tales reside?
What love is this, and where these tales abide?
These cups, these toasts, are but excuses spun,
What love is this, and where these tales begun?

Their skirt, or desert vast and desolate,
Their skirt, or desert vast and desolate,
For us, the final act, tears overflowing, done.
What love is this, and where these tales begun?
These cups, these toasts, are but excuses spun,
What love is this, and where these tales begun?

Who gazed on me with eyes of heady grace?
Who gazed on me with eyes of heady grace?
My steps, unbidden, start to lose their place.
What love is this, and where these tales begun?
These cups, these toasts, are but excuses spun,
What love is this, and where these tales begun?

Come, nameless ones, within the tavern's hold,
Come, nameless ones, within the tavern's hold,
To bury sorrows, stories yet untold.
What love is this, and where these tales begun?
These cups, these toasts, are but excuses spun,
What love is this, and where these tales begun?