der se huwa par pyar toh huwa re
der se huwa par pyar toh huwa re
o dilruba tune dil le liya re ho
der se huwa par pyar toh huwa re
o dilruba tune dil le liya re ho

kya hai mohabbat yeh mujhko bataya
inn dhadkno ko dhadkna sikhaya
ho bechainiya di mere pyase din ko
rato ko tune tadapna sikhaya
mushkil bada intzar huwa re
o dilruba tune dil le liya re ho

ankho se neendein churata nahi tha
dard-e-jigar ko badata nahi tha
ho tanha akeli thi ye jindgaani
koi khayalo me aata nahi tha
ye haal to pehli baar hua re
o dilruba tune dil le liya re ho
der se huwa par pyar toh huwa re
o dilruba tune dil le liya re ho

Though late it bloomed, love has unfurled,
Though late it bloomed, love kissed the world.
Oh, Beloved, you stole my heart away,
Though late it bloomed, love brightened the day.
Oh, Beloved, you stole my heart away.

What love truly is, you did impart,
Taught these pulses how to restart.
Oh, restlessness you brought to my dry days,
And in the night, taught my heart to dart.
Such trials endured, waiting's cruel art,
Oh, Beloved, you stole my heart away.

My eyes did not know how to steal sleep's grace,
Nor did I know the pain that love would embrace.
Oh, alone, solitary, this life of mine,
No one ever came to this lonely space.
This feeling, the first time in this place,
Oh, Beloved, you stole my heart away.
Though late it bloomed, love has unfurled,
Oh, Beloved, you stole my heart away.