ek but se mohabbat karke
ek but se mohabbat karke
maine yahi jana hain
samjhaye se jo na samjhe
samjhaye se jo na samjhe
dil aisa diwana hai
ek but se mohabbat karke

khubsurat hain bala ka aur bala se kam nahi
uska gam jee ko lage to jag ka koyi gam nahi
chale paanv dilo pe rakh ke
chale paanv dilo pe rakh ke
uska hi zamana hain
ek but se mohabbat karke
maine yahi jana hain
ek but se mohabbat karke

phul champe ka hasin behad magar khushbu nahi
hain mere mehbub me sab kuch, wafa ki bu nahi
kuch bhi ho mujhe ghar apna
kuch bhi ho mujhe ghar apna
us gul se sajana hain
ek but se mohabbat karke
maine yahi jana hain
samjhaye se jo na samjhe
dil aisa diwana hai
ek but se mohabbat karke

To love an idol,
I have learned this truth:
A heart that won't listen,
A heart that won't heed,
Is a wild, mad youth.
To love an idol.

Beautiful, a torment, a plague, a plight,
His sorrow felt, and the world holds no fright.
He treads on hearts and moves on,
His reign is now and forever, in sight,
To love an idol,
I have learned this truth.
To love an idol.

The champak flower, lovely, but scentless and bare,
My beloved holds all, yet loyalty's not there.
Whatever it takes, whatever may be,
My home, from his beauty, I will not spare.
To love an idol,
I have learned this truth.
A heart that won't listen,
A heart that won't heed,
Is a wild, mad youth.
To love an idol.