pahle na jana tha haye pahle na jana tha
pahle na jana tha haye pahle na jana tha
dil deke badle me dard hi pana tha
dard hi pana tha haye pahle na jana tha
pahle na jana tha haye pahle na jana tha

tute nasibo ko kaun sanware
dil ko mitati hai dil ki hi chah re
chaho ki raho me gham bhi uthana tha
gham bhi uthana tha
haye pahle na jana tha

pahle kadam par thokar khai re
khud apni khud thokar khai re
apna banake hume yu thukrana tha
yu thukrana tha
haye pahle na jana tha

khel nigaho ka ajab anokha re
pyar ki duniya me dokha hi dokha re
o pardesi tujhe o nirmohi tujhe
pyar nibhana tha pyar nibhana tha
haye pahle na jana tha
pahle na jana tha haye
pahle na jana tha

I never knew, alas, I never knew,
I never knew, alas, I never knew.
To give my heart and find such pain anew,
Such pain anew, alas, I never knew.
I never knew, alas, I never knew.

Who mends the shattered fates we bear?
The heart, by its own longing, tears and tears.
On paths of love, the sorrow we embrace,
Embrace with grace, alas, I never knew.
I never knew.

At the first step, a stumble and a fall,
I stumbled, by my own hand, after all.
To claim us then, and cast us far away,
Far away, alas, I never knew.
I never knew.

The game of eyes, so strange, so new,
In love's domain, deception true.
O stranger, you, O heartless one, it's true,
Love you should've shown, love you should've shown.
Alas, I never knew.
I never knew, alas,
I never knew.