Daal Dus Khaan Shehar Lahore e Ander
Bai Kinnein Boohey Tay Kinnian Barian Nein?
Of the city of Lahore, O’ let me know
How many windows and how many doors?
Naley Das Khaan Aothon Dian Ittaan
Kinnian Tuttian Tay Kinnian Saaran Nein?
Also tell me of the bricks’ state
How many lie intact and how many still disintegrate?
Daal Dus Khaan Shehr Lahore e Andar?
Khooian Kinnian Mithian Tey Kinnian Khaarian Nein?
Tell me, in Lahore, the number of salty wells
And also the number in which sweetness dwells?
Zara Soch Key Dewien Jawaab Meinoon
Aothey Kinnian Viyaeyan Tay Kinnian Kunvarian Nein?
Ponder hard, and return with my answer embedded
How many women are betrothed and how many still unwedded?
Daal Dassaan Mein Shehr Lahore e Ander
Bai Lakhaan Boohey Tay Lakhaan e Baarian Nein
Let me tell you now, in the city of Lahore
There are thousands of windows and thousands of doors
Jinnaan Ittaan Tay Tahar Gaey Paer Aashiq
O Heoon Tuttian Tay Baqi Saarian Nein
Bricks that felt the Lover’s footstep lay all broken
Others that did not lay intact, unawoken
Jinnaan Khooian Toun Paher Gaey Mashooq Paarrein
O Heon Mithi Te Baaki Khaariya Nein
Those wells alone that Lovers touched bore sweetness so divine
And those that shared not a similar fate remained ever saline
Daal Dus Khaan Shehr Lahore e Andar?
Khooian Kinnian Mithian Tey Kinnian Khaarian Nein?
Those seated alongside their lovers alone are truly married
And those with a destiny alternate have solitary tarried
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