Kali dekhi thi, ab gulzar hai tu ... churi dekhi thi, ab talwar hai tu

I saw you as a flower bud, but now you're a flower garden .. I saw you as a knife, but now you're a sword

Duniya bhi kitni ajeeb jagah hai ... jinhe hum chor, gunda aur badmaash kehte hai ... woh insaaniyat ke liye daulat ko thukra dete hai ... aur jinhe hum nek, shareef aur baizzat kehte hai ... woh daulat ke liye ek bachche ko apne baap se alag kar dete hai

The world is a strange place ... the people whom we call as a thief, goon and naughty ... those people leave money for humanity ... and the people whom we call as good, noble and dignified ... those people separate a child from his father for money

Kahin bhi apna thikana nahi is zamane mein ... na aashiyane ke bahar, na aashiyane mein

We don't have a residence in this world ... not outside a beautiful house, not inside a beautiful house

Woh kaali kaali botalein joh hai sharaab ki ... arre raatein hai in mein band hamare shabaab ki

Those black bottles of alcohol ... have our nights of youth enclosed in them

Jhamela char din ka tha, hawali they mawali they ... Sikandar jab gaya duniya se, dono haath khali they

The fuss was of four days, and there were crazy and rowdy people ... when Sikandar left the world, both his hands were empty

Beta rayees ka magar jangju bhi hai ... daulat ke saath saath, ladai ki khubhi bhi hai

He is a son of a rich man, but he is aggressive as well ... along with wealth, he also knows how to fight

Badalkar fakeeron ka hum bhes Ghalib ... ahle-e-tamasha ke dekhte hain karam

Mr. Ghalib, we can change into a beggar's guise ... and see the spectacle of generocity

Laayi hayaat aaye, qazaa le chali chale ... apni khushi na aaye, na apni khushi chale

Life brought me, death took me away ... I didn't come at my will, nor did I leave at my will