naavak-e-naaz se mushkil hai bachaana dil ka
dard uth uth ke bataata hai thikaana dil ka
haay wo pahali mulaakaat me mera rukana
aur usaka wo lagaawat se badhaana dil ka

ji lage aapaka aisa ke kabhi ji na bhare
dil laga kar jo sune aap fasaana dil ka
tir par tir laga kar wo kaha karate hai
kyun ji tum khel samajhate the lagaana dil ka

From the arrow of beauty, the heart cannot flee,
Pain, rising and falling, reveals where it be.
Ah, that moment of meeting, my pause, shy and deep,
And her gaze, love's first touch, where my heart longed to keep.

May your heart be so touched, that its longing won't cease,
If you listen, dear love, to the heart's whispered peace.
With arrow on arrow, her words, sharp and keen,
"Did you think, oh my love, this heart's love was a game, to be seen?"