agar mai puchhu javab doge dil kyo mera tadap raha hai
tere hi dil me hai pyar kuchh kuchh mere bhi dil me zara zara hai
agar mai puchhu javab doge

bura na mano, to apane hatho ye bikhari zulfe, sanvar du mai
hasin palako ki chhanv me ab ye sara jivan guzar dun mai
ye dil ki bate koi na sun le sanam zamana bada bura hai
agar mai puchhu javab doge

nazar bacha ke, agar mai jau to mera daman, na tham lena
koi jo puchhe ye kya hava hai kabhi bhi mera na nam lena
laga ke dil se rakhege ham to ye dard tera diya hua hai
agar mai puchhu javab doge

ye thadi thadi, machalati lahare hamare dil ko, jala na jae
uthi hai tufan dil-o-nazar me kise bachae kise sabhale
na chain tumako na hosh hamako ye kya hua hai ye kya hua hai
agar mai puchhu javab doge

If I ask, will you answer why my heart aches so?
Your heart holds love, some, and mine holds a measure, I know.
If I ask, will you answer?

Forgive me, if I dare to smooth, with my own hands, these scattered tresses?
Within the shade of lovely lashes, to spend all my days, my stresses?
Lest others hear, these heart whispers, beloved, the world is unkind, it seems.
If I ask, will you answer?

If I slip away, unseen, do not grasp my hem, I implore.
Should they ask, what stirs this breeze, never utter my name, no more.
We'll hold this pain, you gave, close to our hearts, a sacred decree.
If I ask, will you answer?

These cool, restless waves, may they not ignite our hearts within?
A storm arises in heart and gaze, whom to save, where to begin?
No peace for you, nor for me, what has happened, tell me, what has been?
If I ask, will you answer?