kaise videsi se naina lage hai
kaise videsi se naina lage hai
ek pal bhi aaye na chain re
kaise videsi se naina lage hai
ek pal bhi aaye na chain re
ek pal bhi aaye na chain re

ulfat ke jal me fas gayi machhriya
ulfat ke jal me fas gayi machhriya
tadpu kinare ka dekhe nagriya
chahat ki mari mai sunne ko tarsu
rashiya ke mithe do ben re
kaise videsi se naina lage hai
ek pal bhi aaye na chain re
ek pal bhi aaye na chain re

jane na koi mere dil ki udasi
jane na koi mere dil ki udasi
jal me rah kar fir bhi mai pyasi
lahro ke tufan me dole umariya
mile kisi ko yu nain re
kaise videsi se naina lage hai
ek pal bhi aaye na chain re
ek pal bhi aaye na chain re

How have my eyes met a stranger’s gaze,
How have my eyes met a stranger’s gaze,
Not a moment of peace graces my days,
How have my eyes met a stranger’s gaze,
Not a moment of peace graces my days,
Not a moment of peace graces my days.

In love’s silken net, a fish is ensnared,
In love’s silken net, a fish is ensnared,
Longing for the shore, a city declared,
Love’s arrow struck, my hearing impaired,
For my beloved’s sweet words, my heart yearned,
How have my eyes met a stranger’s gaze,
Not a moment of peace graces my days,
Not a moment of peace graces my days.

No one knows the shadows of my heart,
No one knows the shadows of my heart,
Living in water, yet thirsting apart,
My youth tossed in the waves, torn apart,
Whose eyes will find a kindred art,
How have my eyes met a stranger’s gaze,
Not a moment of peace graces my days,
Not a moment of peace graces my days.