\startsong
\stitle{dil ko lagatii hai dilarubaa kii adaa}
\singers{Wali Mohammed Wali}
\printtitle
#indian

dil ko lagatii hai dilarubaa kii adaa
jii me.n bastii hai Kush adaa kii adaa

garche sab Kuubaruu hai.n Kuub vale
qatl karatii hai miirazaa kii adaa

(A beauty's looks are always fair, still
The beauty of my love has the power to kill)

harf-e-bejaa bajaa hai gar boluu.N
dushman-e-hosh hai piyaa kii adaa

(My reason loses track of where and whence
for my beloved's beauty stuns my sense)

naqsh-e-diivaar kyuu.N na ho aashiq
hairat-afazaa hai bevafaa kii adaa

%[naqsh-e-diivaar = picture on the wall; hairat-afazaa = that which amazes; bevafaa = faithless]

gul huye Gark-e-aab-e-shabanam me.n
dekh us saahib-e-hayaa kii adaa

%[Gark-e-aab-e-shabanam = to drown in dew]

ai "Wali" dard-e-sar kii daaruu hai
mujhako us sa.ndalii qabaa kii adaa

%[daaruu = medicine/cure; sa.ndalii qabaa = sandalwood scented robe]

#endindian
\endsong