kitabe bahut si padhi hongi tumne
magar koyi chehra bhi tumne padha hai
padha hai meree jan nazar se padha hai
bata mere chehre pe kya kya likha hai
kitabe bahut si padhi hongi tumne magar
koyi chehra bhi tumne padha hai
padha hai meree jan nazar se padha hai
bata mere chehre pe kya kya likha hai

umange likhi hain jawani likhi hain
tere dil ki sari kahani likhi hain
kahi hal-e-dil bhi batata hai chehra naa
bolo toh phir bhi batata hai chehra
yeh chehra haqikat me ek aayina hai
bata mere chehre pe kya kya likha hai
kitabe bahut si padhi hongi tumne
magar koyi chehra bhi tumne padha hai
padha hai meree jan nazar se padha hai
bata mere chehre pe kya kya likha hai

agar ham kahen hamko ulfat nahi hai
kahogi bhi kaise mohabbat nahi hai
agar ham kahen hamko ulfat nahi hai
kahogi phir kaise mohabbat nahi hai
bade aaye chehre pe yeh marnewale
dikhawe kaa aihde wafa karnewale
dikhawa nahi pyar ki imtahan hai bata
mere chehre pe kya kya likha hai
kitabe bahut si padhi hongi tumne
magar koyi chehra bhi tumne padha hai
padha hai meree jan nazar se padha hai
bata mere chehre pe kya kya likha hai

You've read so many books, I'm sure,
But have you ever read a face?
Read it, my love, with your gaze,
Tell me, what is etched upon my face?
You've read so many books, I'm sure,
But have you ever read a face?
Read it, my love, with your gaze,
Tell me, what is etched upon my face?

Hopes are written there, youth as well,
The whole story of your heart I tell.
Sometimes the heart's state it conceals,
Yet still, my face, my secrets reveals.
This face, in truth, is but a mirror,
Tell me, what is etched upon my face?
You've read so many books, I'm sure,
But have you ever read a face?
Read it, my love, with your gaze, read it,
Tell me, what is etched upon my face?

If I should say, "No love for you,"
Then how would you believe it's true?
If I should say, "No love for you,"
Then how would you believe it's true?
You, who come and feign to die for me,
Who make a show of loyalty,
This is no show, love's ultimate test,
Tell me, what is etched upon my face?
You've read so many books, I'm sure,
But have you ever read a face?
Read it, my love, with your gaze,
Tell me, what is etched upon my face?