tu kahe agar, tu kahe agar
tu kahe agar jivan bhar
mai geet sunata jaau
man been bajata jaau
tu kahe agar

aur aag main apne dil ki
har dil me lagata jaaun
dukh dard mitata jaaun
tu kahe agar

mai saaz hun tu sargam hai
mai saaz hun tu sargam hai
deti jaa sahaare mujhko
deti jaa sahaare mujhko
mai raag hun tu veena hai
mai raag hun tu veena hai
is dam jo pukaare tujhko
aawaaz me teri har dam
aawaaz milata jaau
aakaash pe chhata jaau
tu kahe agar

in bolo me, tu hi tu hai
mai samjhu yaa tu jaane, ho jaane
inme hai kahaani meri, inme hai tere afsaane
inme hai tere afsaane
tu saaz uthaa ulfat kaa
mai jhum ke gata jaau
sapno ko jagata jaau
tu kahe agar

If you should bid it, if you should bid it,
If you should bid it, through life's long stride,
I'd weave a song, an endless river,
My soul, a lute, I'd gently guide,
If you should bid it.

And in my heart's own fire,
In every heart, a flame I'd ignite,
Erasing sorrow, pain, and ire,
If you should bid it.

I am the instrument, you the melody,
You lend your hand, my strength to be,
You lend your hand, my strength to be,
I am the song, you the veena's grace,
At your command, in this embrace,
Your voice within my every word,
My voice with yours, forever heard,
Across the heavens, soaring free,
If you should bid it.

In these words, only you reside,
I understand, or you decide,
Within them lies my history,
Within them, your sweet mystery,
Within them, your sweet mystery,
Raise the lute of love's sweet art,
I'll dance and sing, with joyful heart,
Awake the dreams that softly sleep,
If you should bid it.