ye to nahi ke gam hai
ye to nahi ke gam hai
ha meri aankh nam nahi
ye to nahi ke gam hai

tum bhi to tum nahi ho aaj
tum bhi to tum nahi ho aaj
hum bhi to aaj hum nahi
ye to nahi ke gam hai

ab na khushi ki hai khushi
ab na khushi ki hai khushi
gam ka bhi ab to gam nahi
ye to nahi ke gam hai

maut agar che maut hai
maut agar che maut hai
maut se zist kam nahi
ye to nahi ke gam hai
ha meri aankh nam nahi
ye to nahi ke gam hai

It isn't grief, not quite,
though a tear now starts to bloom,
it isn't grief, not quite.

You, too, are not quite you today,
nor am I quite myself, it seems,
it isn't grief, not quite.

No joy now holds its joy,
nor sorrow its familiar sting,
it isn't grief, not quite.

If death is death itself,
life's flame diminishes not,
it isn't grief, not quite,
though a tear now starts to bloom,
it isn't grief, not quite.