paas aate rahe dur jate rahe
paas aate rahe dur jate rahe
bat dil ki hamesha chupate rahe
paas aate rahe dur jate rahe
kahna chaha magar jane kya sochkar
jab mile tumse aankhe churate rahe
paas aate rahe dur jate rahe

dil ne dekha to hai khwab koi yaha
kab mile hai magar jami aasma dil hame dil ko ham
dil hame dil ko ham aajmate rahe
paas aate rahe dur jate rahe

tanha jab bhi mile kuch khyalo ke pal
hum waha likhte rahe koi adhuri gajal dasta dil ki hum
dasta dil ki dil ko sunate rahe
paas aate rahe dur jate rahe

sath tum ho abhi ke khushi kam nahi
ye khushi bhi kabhi kho na jaye kahi
hum ummido ki shama
hum ummido ki shama jalate rahe
paas aate rahe dur jate rahe
bat dil ki hamesha chupate rahe
paas aate rahe dur jate rahe

Closer, we draw, then farther we stray,
Closer, we draw, then farther away,
Secrets of the heart, we always conceal,
Closer, we draw, then farther we steal.
Words we longed to speak, yet lingered in thought,
Meeting your gaze, our eyes sought a fault.
Closer, we draw, then farther we stray.

The heart has witnessed a dream in this space,
When did the heart taste the earth and the sky?
Testing the heart, again and again,
Closer, we draw, then farther we stray.

When solitude paints fleeting thoughts,
We write an unfinished Ghazal, a quest,
Tales of the heart,
To the heart we relay,
Closer, we draw, then farther we stray.

Joy is in presence, though little it seems,
Will this joy vanish, dissolve in our dreams?
Hopes like a candle,
Hopes like a candle, we ignite with our plea,
Closer, we draw, then farther we stray.
Secrets of the heart, we always conceal,
Closer, we draw, then farther we steal.