ek pal hasna jo chaha dard pagal kar gaya
ek pal hasna jo chaha dard pagal kar gaya
mere malik mai to is jine ke hatho mar gaya
ek pal hasna jo chaha dard pagal kar gaya

kya karu kisko pukaru koi bhi apna nahi
mere sapno ki chita aankho me hai sapna nahi
dil pe aisi aag barsi roshni se dar gaya
ek pal hasna jo chaha dard pagal kar gaya

kar gayi barbad bas ek bhul mere yaar ki
thokre khata hu mai arthi uthaye pyar ki
zindagi ke zam me ye zahar kaisa bhar gaya
ek pal hasna jo chaha dard pagal kar gaya

saye se bhi milke ghabrata hu mai
aisa lagta hai mujhe jab apne ghar jata hu mai
jaise koi ajnabi ek ajnabi ke ghar gaya
ek pal hasna jo chaha dard pagal kar gaya
mere malik mai to is jine ke hatho mar gaya
ek pal hasna jo chaha dard pagal kar gaya

A laugh I craved, a single breath of mirth,
And pain, it shattered, raging on the earth.
My Lord, I'm slain, by life's own cruel design,
A laugh I craved, and madness made it mine.

What shall I do, to whom shall I now call?
No one is mine, I stumble, I will fall.
My dreams, a pyre, within my weeping eyes,
No dream remains beneath these somber skies.
Upon my heart, a fire's brutal sting,
I fear the light, the joy it used to bring.
A laugh I craved, and madness made it mine.

A single fault, a friend's unwitting deed,
Has brought me ruin, planted a poisonous seed.
I stumble now, a funeral I bear,
For love's lost form, a burden hard to share.
What poison strange, in life's own cup is poured?
A laugh I craved, and madness made it warred.

I tremble now, at shadows that I see,
When I return, to what was once my tree.
I feel a stranger, in a stranger's place,
A laugh I craved, and ruin I embrace.
My Lord, I'm slain, by life's own cruel design,
A laugh I craved, and madness made it mine.