jaane vo kaise log the jinake
pyaar ko pyaar milaa
hamane to jab kaliyaan maangi
kaanto kaa haar milaa
jaane vo

khushiyo ki mazil dhundhi to
gam ki gard mili
chaahat ke nagame chaahe to
aanhe sard mili
dil ke bojh ko dunaa kar gayaa
jo gamakhaar milaa
hamane to jab

bichhad gayaa bichhad gayaa har saathi dekar
pal do pal kaa saath
kisako furasat hai jo thaame divaano kaa haath
hamako apanaa saayaa tak aqasar bezaar milaa
hamane to jab

isako hi jinaa kahate hai to
yunhi ji lege
uf na karege lab si lege
aansu pi lege
gam se ab ghabaraanaa kaisaa,
gam sau baar milaa
hamane to jab

They, those souls, how did love find them,
They, those souls, how did love find them?
We reached for blooms, only thorns we were given,
They, those souls, how did love find them.

We sought joy’s crest, found only dust of sorrow,
We sought joy’s crest, found only dust of sorrow,
Songs of desire, met cold, shallow sighs,
Burdened hearts, darkened by grief’s shadow,
We reached for blooms, only thorns we were given,
They, those souls, how did love find them.

Each companion departed, leaving only,
Moments of fleeting embrace,
Who has time to hold the hands of the lost?
Even our own shadows, often, turned away,
We reached for blooms, only thorns we were given,
They, those souls, how did love find them.

If this is life, then so be it, we will live,
Without complaint, lips sealed, tears we’ll swallow,
Why fear sorrow now? It has come a hundred times,
We reached for blooms, only thorns we were given,
They, those souls, how did love find them.