maine dil se kaha dhund lana khushi
nasamajh laya gum toh yeh gum hi sahi
maine dil se kaha dhund lana khushi
nasamajh laya gum toh yeh gum hi sahi
maine dil se kaha dhund lana khushi

bechara kahan jaanta hai khalish hai yeh kya khala hai
shehar bhar ki khushi se yeh dard mera bhala hai
jashna yeh raas na aaye maja toh bas gum me aaya ha
maine dil se kaha dhund laana khushi
nasamajh laya gum toh yeh gum hi sahi

khula hai is raat me jo bahakta noor uska
kabhi ho ek chehra banke gar ho jaye pana
yahi meri hakikat hai magar ab tak hai to sapna
maine dil se kaha dhundh lana khushi
na samjh laaya gam to ye gam hi sahi

kabhi hai ishq ka ujala kabhi hai maut ka andhera
batao kaun bhes hoga main jogi banu ya lutera
kai chehre hai iss dil ke na jaane kaun sa mera
maine dil se kaha dhund laana khushi
nasamajh laya gum toh yeh gum hi sahi

hajaaro aise phaasle the jo tay karne chale the
raahe magar chal padi thi aur peeche hum rah gaye the
kadam do chaar chal paaye kiye phere tere mann ke
maine dil se kaha dhund laana khushi
nasamajh laya gum toh yeh gum hi sahi
maine dil se kaha dhund laana khushi
nasamajh laya gum toh yeh gum hi sahi

I told my heart, find joy and bring it back,
If foolishness brings grief, then grief it is, alas.
I told my heart, find joy and bring it back,
If foolishness brings grief, then grief it is, alas.
I told my heart, find joy and bring it back.

Poor thing, it knows not what this ache truly is,
This emptiness that yawns, a chasm in my kiss.
Than all the city's joy, my sorrow is more bliss,
This feast displeases me, in grief I find my ease.
I told my heart, find joy and bring it back,
If foolishness brings grief, then grief it is, alas.

The drunken light that spills throughout the night,
If it should wear a face, and claim me as its right,
Become a lover’s gaze, a guiding inner light…
This is my truth, though now, a dream in fading sight.
I told my heart, find joy and bring it back,
If foolishness brings grief, then grief it is, alas.

Sometimes the light of love, sometimes death's dark embrace,
Tell me, which guise to choose, a mendicant or a thief?
My heart wears many masks, which face is truly me?
I told my heart, find joy and bring it back,
If foolishness brings grief, then grief it is, alas.

A thousand distances we set out to transcend,
But the path moved on, and we were left behind.
We walked a step or two, and circled through your mind.
I told my heart, find joy and bring it back,
If foolishness brings grief, then grief it is, alas.
I told my heart, find joy and bring it back,
If foolishness brings grief, then grief it is, alas.