Meharabaan likhoo, hasinaa likhoo
yaa dilrubaa likhoo
Hairaan hoo ki aap ko
is khat me kyaa likhoo
Ye meraa prem patra paṛha kar
Ke tum naaraaz naa honaa
ki tum meree zindagee ho
Ki tum meree bandagee ho
Tujhe mȧi chaada kehtaa thaa
magar usmė bhee daag hai
Tujhe sooraj mȧi kehtaa thaa
magar usmė bhee aaga hai
Tujhe itnaa hee kehtaa hoȯ
ki mujhko tumse pyaara hai
Ye meraa prem…
Tujhe gangaa mȧi samajhoȯngaa
tujhe jamunaa mȧi samajhoȯngaa
Too dil ke paas hai itnee
tujhe apnee mȧi samajhoȯngaa
Agar mar jaaoȯ rooh bhaṭake
gee tere intazaara mė
Ye meraa prem…
What should I write? Kind, beautiful, or heart-stealer? How should I address you in this letter?
Do not be annoyed with the contents of this love letter of mine. I want to tell you you are my life, the object of my adoration.
I want to call you the moon, but even the moon has a stain. I want to address you as the sun, but the sun has fire within. But all I am going to say is that I love you.
You are so close to my heart that I consider you my Ganges and Yamuna, the rivers flowing in me. I will consider you to be mine and, if one day I die, know that my soul shall wander restlessly waiting just for you.
Sangam (1964); Mohammad Rafi
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