तुम अगर मुझको न चाहो तो

तुम अगर मुझको न चाहो तो कोई बात नहीं
तुम किसी और को चाहोगी तो मुश्किल होगी

अब अगर मेल नहीं है तो जुदाई भी नहीं
बात तोड़ी भी नहीं तुमने बनाई भी नहीं
ये सहारा भी बहुत है मेरे जीने के लिये
तुम अगर मेरी नहीं हो तो पराई भी नहीं
मेरे दिल को न सराहो तो कोई बात नहीं
गैर के दिल को सराहोगी, तो मुश्किल…

तुम हसीं हो, तुम्हें सब प्यार ही करते होंगे
मैं तो मरता हूँ तो क्या और भी मरते होंगे
सब की आँखों में इसी शौक़ का तूफ़ां होगा
सब के सीने में यही दर्द उभरते होंगे
मेरे ग़म में न कराहो तो कोई बात नहीं
और के ग़म में कराहोगी तो मुश्किल…

फूल की तरह हँसो, सब की निगाहों में रहो
अपनी मासूम जवानी की पनाहों में रहो
मुझको वो दिन न दिखाना तुम्हें अपनी ही क़सम
मैं तरसता रहूँ तुम गैर की बाहों में रहो
तुम अगर मुझसे न निभाओ तो कोई बात नहीं
किसी दुश्मन से निभाओगी तो मुश्किल…

If you never loved me, then could handle it. But if you were to love another, then it would be very difficult for me.

At this point, we are not together; nor are we separated from each other. You have not yet cut ties with me; nor have you made them. I can go through life content in knowing that; although you are not mine, you also are not for another. If you don’t accept me then it is not a problem and it will not bother me. But, If you accept the heart of another, then I would be hurt and if you were to love another, then life would be difficult for me.

You are so beautiful that everyone would fall in love with you. If I say I would die for you, so what? Others would die for you too. Every eye must be brimming with desire for you. Inside every chest would be an ache for your love. Even if you do not have this desire for me then it is no problem and will not bother me. However, even if you were to sigh in longing for anyone, life becomes difficult.

Be like a smiling flower and be the center of everyone’s attention. Let the shelter of your innocent youth be your shelter. Let me never see the day, in which I still yearn for you while you live in another’s arms. If you are not with me, it is not a problem but if you are faithful to the enemy, then it would be difficult.

Dil Hi To Hai (1963); Mukesh Chand Mathur (Mukesh)


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