Bojh een saanson ka bhari hai bahut
ho gaya mushkil uthana kya bataun

Us shahar ki us gali mein wo makan tha
usmein tha kiska thikana kya bataun

Band khidki ke pare baarish ki bundein
sard raaton mein shamaa ka timtimana kya bataun

Wo parinde jo kabhi udte thei meelon
unka pinjare mein fadfadaana kya bataun

Karwatein badalte hum yahan par
chain se soye zamaana kya bataun

Uski khushion ke naghme usko hi mubaarak
main yahan gham ka fasana kya bataun

Ab kisi nazuk haseena se naa batlaunga kabhi
mera ishk kar na de usko deewaana kya bataun

 The weight of breaths is getting heavier
and it is becoming more difficult to bear what to say

There was this house, in that street, in that city
who lived in there what to say

Those rain drops behind that closed window
in the chilly winters the flickering candles

What to say of the birds who used to fly for miles
and now are trapped in a cage just flapping their wings

Here I am restless in my bed turning and twisting
there the whole world sleeps in bliss what to say

She can gloat in songs of her happiness
but to whom do I go and sing my serenades of sorrows

Hence I promise not to talk to some beautiful lass
for she might get enamoured with stories of my love

  ~Diljalaa~