main ne jharokhe se kyun jhaanka, main kitni naadaan
saamne chhat se dekh rahaa thha, mujhko wo be-imaan
main mar gayi, mushqil me pad gayi jaan
haay haay
mushqil me pad gayi jaan, chal gaye
nainon ke teer kamaan, main mar gayi
mushqil me pad gayi jaan
haay haay
mushqil me pad gayi jaan

wo roz chhat par aane lagaa, aane lagaa
haathon se haay dil jaane lagaa, jaane lagaa
ban ke hawaa ka jhonka koyi
zulfien meri bikhraane lagaa, bikhraane lagaa
ulfat mein hai dhokhaa
na ja na ja maine roka
par thhehra na dil anjaan
main mar gayi,mushqil me pad gayi jaan
haay haay
mushkil me pad gayi jaan, chal gaye
nainon ke teer kamaan, main mar gayi
mushqil me pad gayi jaan

koshish bahut ki uss ne magar, uss ne magar
milne nahin di maine nazar, main ne nazar
ik roz lekin tauba meri
baithi huyi thhi mai be khabar
mai be khabar, aise me wo aa ke
meri aankhon me samaa ke
ban baithha mera mehmaan
main mar gayi, mushqil mein pad gayi jaan
haay haay
mushqil me pad gayi jaan, chal gaye
nainon ke teer kamaan, main mar gayi
mushqil me pad gayi jaan
haay haay
mushqil me pad gayi jaan

Why did I peer from the window's frame, a foolish heart I bore,
He watched me from the rooftop's height, a deceiver at the core.
I am undone, my life’s caught fast, a plight I can't ignore,
Alas, alas.
My life’s caught fast, the arrows flown,
From eyes, a bowstring’s groan, I am undone.
My life’s caught fast, a plight I can't ignore,
Alas, alas.
My life’s caught fast.

He came each day upon the roof, he came,
My heart began to slip away, in shame, in flame.
Like a gust of wind unseen,
My tresses he would gently tame, he came.
In love, a lie they weave,
Oh, do not go, I did conceive,
But the heart, it would not restrain,
I am undone, my life’s caught fast, a plight, pain.
Alas, alas.
My life’s caught fast, the arrows flown,
From eyes, a bowstring’s moan, I am undone.
My life’s caught fast.

He tried, he did so try, alas,
My gaze I kept from him, alas.
But one day, oh my penance,
Unaware, I let life pass, alas.
Unaware, he came to me,
Into my eyes, he’d flee,
And became my only claim,
I am undone, my life’s caught fast, a plight, pain.
Alas, alas.
My life’s caught fast, the arrows flown,
From eyes, a bowstring’s moan, I am undone.
My life’s caught fast.
Alas, alas.
My life’s caught fast.