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Original Lyrics
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English Translation
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| Lafz kitne hi tere pairon se lipte honge |
How many words must have clung to your feet |
| Tune jab aakhri khat mera jalaya hoga |
When you finally burned my last letter |
| Tune jab phool kitaabon se nikaale honge |
When you took the flowers out of your books |
| Dene wala bhi tujhe yaad toh aaya hoga |
Surely, you must have remembered the one who gave them to you |
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| Teri aankhon ke dariya ka utarna bhi zaroori tha |
It was necessary for the flood in your eyes to finally recede |
| Mohabbat bhi zaroori thi, bichadna bhi zaroori tha |
Love was necessary, and so was separation |
| Zaroori tha ki hum dono tawaaf-e-aarzu karte |
It was necessary for both of us to circle around our desires |
| Magar phir aarzuon ka bikharna bhi zaroori tha |
But it was also necessary for those desires to fall apart |
| Teri aankhon ke dariya ka utarna bhi zaroori tha |
It was necessary for the flood in your eyes to finally recede |
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| Batao yaad hai tumko, woh jab dil ko churaya tha |
Tell me, do you remember when you stole my heart |
| Churayi cheez ko tumne khuda ka ghar banaya tha |
You turned the very thing you stole into a sacred place of worship |
| Woh jab kehte the mera naam tum tasbih mein padhte ho |
You used to say that you chanted my name like a prayer |
| Mohabbat ki namaazo ko qara karne se darte ho |
Yet you were afraid to give our prayers of love their full voice |
| Magar ab yaad aata hai woh baatein thi, mehaz baatein |
But now when I look back, I realize those were nothing more than words |
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| Kahin baaton hi baaton mein mukarna bhi zaroori tha |
It was necessary in those conversations for you to turn away |
| Teri aankhon ke dariya ka utarna bhi zaroori tha |
It was necessary for the flood in your eyes to finally recede |
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| Wahi hai sooratein apni, wahi main hoon, wahi tum ho |
Our faces are still the same, I am still me, and you are still you |
| Magar khoya hua hoon main, magar tum bhi kahin gum ho |
Yet I have lost my way somewhere, and you too seem to be lost somewhere |
| Mohabbat mein dagha ki thi so kafir the, so kafir hai |
We were called faithless as we betrayed love, and perhaps we still are |
| Mili hai manzilein phir bhi musafir the, musafir hai |
As travellers we have reached our destinations, but still we remain travellers |
| Tere dil ke nikaale hum kahan bhatke, kahan pahunche |
After being cast out of your heart, where did I wander, where did I finally end up |
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| Magar bhatke toh yaad aaya bhatakna bhi zaroori tha |
But only after losing my way I realized that wandering too was necessary |
| Mohabbat bhi zaroori thi, bichadna bhi zaroori tha |
Love was necessary, and so was separation |
| Zaroori tha ki hum dono tawaaf-e-aarzu karte |
It was necessary for both of us to circle around our desires |
| Magar phir aarzuon ka bikharna bhi zaroori tha |
But it was also necessary for those desires to fall apart |
| Teri aankhon ke dariya ka utarna bhi zaroori tha |
It was necessary for the flood in your eyes to finally recede |
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