Jheinpte to nahiin mandir ke makiin

Jheinpte to nahiin mehrab naqshiin

Jhoot par unki chamaktii hai jabiin

Sach pe tum par sar ko jhukatii kyun ho?

Tum muhabbat ko chhupatii kyun ho?

Parda hai daagh chhupane ke liye

Sharm hai kazb pe chhane ke liye

Ishq ik geet hai gaane ke liye

Iss ko honthon mein dabatii kyun ho?

Tum muhabbat ko chhupatii kyun ho?

Aao ab ghutney ki fursat hii nahiin

Aur bhi kaam hain ulfat hii nahiin

Hai yeh khaami bhi nadaamat hii nahiin

Dar ke chilaman ko utthati kyun ho?

Tum muhabbat ko chhupatii kyun ho?

Concealing Love

Why do you hide your love?

Oh, to live this life of tyranny

Oh! To love like this in fear

Drinking nectar with a twisted face

Trembling spirit, throbbing breast

Why do you make what is natural a crime?

Why do you hide your love?

There’s the heart and its yearnings

Then there are the claims of youth

And you have faith in yourself too

Why then do you look at me mortified

Why do you hide your love?

Yes, those who mock us are not human

What do they know of love

Devoid of life are these, stone-hearted men

Why do you avert your eyes from such people?

Why do you hide your love?

You have not been cruel to anyone

You have not troubled any man

You have not shed the blood of the poor

Why then are you bathed in sweat?

Why do you hide your love?

Those who live in temples are not abashed

Those who live in mosques are not mortified

Their foreheads gleam with lies

Why then does truth make you lower your head?

Why do you hide your love?

A veil is meant to hide a stain

Modesty is meant to cover a lie

Love is a song meant to be sung

When then do you stifle it between your lips?

Why do you hide your love?

Come, there is no time for suppressing

There is much to do besides love

It’s a failing and not just a regret

Why do you quail at raising the curtain?

Why do you hide your love?

Roosi Aurat ka Naara

Jalaatii hui saikdon gulistan

Chaman par mere phatt padi hai khizaan

Gira kar har ek shaakh se bijliyaan

Uttha kar har ek gul se surkh andhiyaan

Khizaan ko chaman se nikaloongi main

Watan saaf tujhko bacha loongii main

Meri quwwatein raigaan ab nahiin

Hayat-o amal badguman ab nahiin

Mera naam kamzoriyan ab nahiin

Galey mein woh tauq-e giraan ab nahiin

Woh tauq ab galey mein na daloongii main

Watan saaf tujhko bacha loongii main

Meri zindagi markaz-e gham nahiin

Kissi ke qadam par jabiin kham nahiin

Main shola bhi hoon sirf shabnam nahiin

Kissi se kissi tarah bhi kam nahiin

Qadam kaise peechhe hataungii main

Watan saaf tujhko bacha loongii main

Jo ghaafil thhi woh aaj bedaar hai

Jo lori thhi woh aaj lalkar hai

Jo naghma thii woh aaj jhankaar hai