sonaa nahii.n naa sahii chaa.Ndii nahii.n naa sahii
%(you don't have gold, it doesn't matter. you don't have silver, it doesn't matter)

fiqar kyaa hai mai.n huu.N naa tere liye
%(there is no need to worry, after all i am very much for you)

( sonaa nahii.n naa sahii chaa.Ndii nahii.n naa sahii
fiqar kyaa hai mai.n huu.N naa tere liye ) -2

o magar jag me.n merii jaa.N ko_ii dil kii tamannaa
%(but, o my life, in this world, some desire of heart,)

mohabbat ke sivaa bhi hai mere liye tere-mere liye
%(other than love, is also for me, for you and me)

sonaa nahii.n naa sahii
magar jag me.n merii jaa.N ko_ii dil kii tamannaa
mohabbat ke sivaa nahii.n tere liye mere-tere liye
%(other than love, should not be for you, for me and you)

pyaar mai.n huu.N pyaar tuu hai maan jaa o dilarubaa
%(i am love, you are love, please accept it, o lover)

saare jag me.n kuchh nahii.n hai ik tere-mere sivaa
%(in the entire world, there is nothing other than you and me)

maanataa huu.N sanam pyaar hii hai zi.ndagii
%(i agree, my love, that love only is life)

kyaa karuu.N dil me.n thii baat ko_ii aur hii
%(what do i do because there was some other matter also in my heart)

jo bhii hai vo sab galat hai maan jaa o dilarubaa
%(whatever this other matter is, that is all incorrect, please accept, o lover)

saare jag me.n kuchh nahii.n hai ik tere-mere sivaa

chalo maanaa bahas kyaa hai mohabbat hii sach hai yaar
%(ok, i accept this. this is not worth an argument, love is the only truth, o friend)

karoge tum haa.N karoge tum sajan mujhase karuu.Ngii mai.n tumase pyaar
%(you will, yes, you will love me and i will love you)

chalo sonaa nahii.n naa sahii chaa.Ndii nahii.n naa sahii
fiqar kya hai tuu hai naa mere liye
%(there is no need to worry, after all you are very much for me)

hai naa mere liye

sajan sunanaa jaan-e-tamanna
%(please listen, o lover, o the life of my desire)

sajan sunanaa jaan-e-tamanna tere liye
%(please listen, o lover, o the life of my desire, i am for you)

sonaa nahii.n naa sahii chaa.Ndii nahii.n naa sahii
fiqar kyaa hai mai.n huu.N naa tere liye

% The following is a sher by some other poet

ho tirachhii nazaro.n se naa dekho aashiq-e-dilagiir ko
%(please don't look at your sad lover, casting sideways glances at him)

kaise tiira.ndaaz ho siidhaa to kar lo tiir ko
%(what an archer you are, get your arrow straightened)

vo ba.Daa tez hai jo divaanaa hai meraa
%(he is very sharp, he who is mad after me)

huu.N usii kii shikaar jo nishaanaa hai meraa
%(i am also his prey, who himself is the aim of my shooting)

to kholo zulfe.n inakii Kushbuu me.n mahak jaa_uu.N zaraa
%(then, unwind your hairlocks, so that i get drenched in its fragrance and start smelling) 

gore tan kii chaa.Ndanii me.n phir chamak jaa_uu.N zaraa
%(let me again shine in the moonlight of such a fair body)

chalo do pal ham ik duuje me.n kho jaaye.n is tarah
%(come, let's get lost in each other's body for two moments in such a manner that)

bahut din ke tarasate lab lipaT jaaye.n jis tarah
%(the lips which had been craving for several days get pasted on each other)

sajan sunanaa jaan-e-tamannaa
sajan sunanaa jaan-e-tamannaa tere liye
sonaa nahii.n naa sahii chaa.Ndii nahii.n naa sahii -2
sonaa nahii.n aa aa aa chaa.Ndii nahii.n aa -2