\startsong
\stitle{mai.n ehavaal-e-dil mar gayaa kahate kahate}
\singers{Momin Khan Momin #7}
\printtitle
#indian

mai.n ehavaal-e-dil mar gayaa kahate kahate
thake tum na "bas, bas, sunaa!" kahate kahate

%[ehavaal-e-dil = tale of my heart]

mujhe chup lagii mudd'aa kahate kahate
ruke hai.n vo jaane kyaa kahate kahate

zabaa.N gu.ng hai ishq me.n gosh kar hai
buraa sunate sunate bhalaa kahate kahate

%[gu.ng = dumb]

shab-e-hijr me.n kyaa hajuum-e-balaa hai
zabaa.N thak ga_ii marhabaa kahate kahate

%[shab-e-hijr = night of separation; hajuum = crowd]
%[balaa = calamity; marhabaa = Encore! (A exclamation of extreme
pleasure)]

gilaa harzaa-gardii kaa bejaa na thaa kuchh
vo kyuu.N muskuraaye bajaa kahate kahate

sad afasos jaatii rahii vasl kii shab
"zaraa Thahar ai bevafaa" kahate kahate

%[sad = a hundred;  afasos = regrets; vasl = union/meeting; shab = night]

chale tum kahaa.N mai.n ne to dam liyaa thaa
fasaanaa dil-e-zaar kaa kahate kahate

sitam haae! garduu.N mufassil na puuchho
ke sar phir gayaa maajaraa kahate kahate

nahii.n yaa sanam 'Momin' ab kufr se kuchh
ke Kuu ho ga_ii hai sadaa kahate kahate

#endindian
\endsong