lafz kitne hi tere pairo se lipte honge
tune jab aakhiri khat mera jalaya hoga
tune jab phool, kitabon se nikaale honge
dene waala bhi tujhe yaad to aaya hoga

teri aankhon ke dariya ka utrna bhi zaruri tha
mohabbat bhi zaruri thi, bichhadna bhi zaruri tha
zaruri tha ki hum dono tawaaf-e-aarzu karte
magar phir aarzuo ka bikharna bhi zaruri tha
teri aankhon ke dariya ka utrna bhi zaruri tha

bataao yaad hai tumko
wo jab dil ko churaya tha
churaai cheez ko tumne
khuda ka ghar banaya tha
wo jab kehte the mera naam
tum tasbih mein padte ho
mohabbat ki namaazo ko
kada karne se darte ho
magar ab yaad aata hai
wo baatein thi mahaz baatein
kahin baaton hi baaton mein
mukarna bhi zaruri tha
teri aankhon ke dariya ka utarna bhi zaruri tha

wahi hai surate apni
wahi main hu, wahi tum ho
magar khoya hua hu main
magar tum bhi kahin gum ho
mohabbat mein daga ki thi
so kaafir the so kaafir hain
mili hain manzile phir bhi
musaafir the, musaafir hain
tere dil ke nikaale hum
kahan bhatke, kahan pahunche
magar bhatke to yaad aaya
bhatakna bhi zaruri tha
mohabbat bhi zaruri thi, bichhadna bhi zaruri tha
zaruri tha ki hum dono tawaaf-e-aarzu karte
magar phir aarzuo ka bikharna bhi zaruri tha
teri aankhon ke dariya ka utrna bhi zaruri tha

When you burned my last letter,
did words cling to your feet, a desperate plea?
As you swept the flowers from books,
did the giver, too, surface in memory?

The ebb of your ocean eyes, a necessary tide.
Love, a must. Parting, a destined divide.
We circled the Kaaba of desire, two souls entwined,
yet the scattering of dreams, a fate to abide.
The ebb of your ocean eyes, a necessary tide.

Tell me, do you remember?
When hearts were first stolen?
The stolen, you declared,
a temple of God, alone.
You swore my name,
a rosary you'd keep.
Love's prayers, you vowed,
you'd never let them weep.
Now, the truth dawns,
those words, mere illusions.
Lost in whispers,
denial was the true conclusion.
The ebb of your ocean eyes, a necessary tide.

The faces, still ours.
I, still I, you, still you.
But lost, I wander,
and you, lost too.
In love's betrayal,
we became infidels, it's true.
Though we reached destinations,
travelers we remained, anew.
Banished from your heart,
where did we stray?
In wandering, remembrance awoke,
that wandering was the only way.
Love, a must. Parting, a destined divide.
We circled the Kaaba of desire, two souls entwined,
yet the scattering of dreams, a fate to abide.
The ebb of your ocean eyes, a necessary tide.