Wo jo tha khwaab saa
Kya kahein jaane dein…
Ye jo hai kam se kam
Ye rahe ke jaane dein…
[That which was like a dream
What do I say, just let it go
What little is left now (of that dream)
Should it stay or (should I better) let it go?]
Kyun na rok kar khud ko
Ek mashwara kar lein
Magar jaane dein…
Aadatan to sochenge
Hota yoon to kya hota
Magar jaane dein…
[(you may ask) why not stop myself and rethink,
But just let it go
I might wonder as I usually do
Of what we could have been if things were different,
But just let it go]
Beeta jo beete na haaye kyun,
Aaye yoon aankhon mein…
Humne to beman bhi socha na
Kyun aaye tum baaton mein…
[wonder why I haven’t really gotten past
Of what has past (between us) , as they keep unfolding in front of me
At times I wonder why
I find myself talking about you without you crossing my mind]
Poochhte jo humse tum
Jaane kya kya hum kehte
Magar jaane de…
Aadatan to sochenge
Hota yoon to kya hota
Magar jaane de…
[If in case you had asked me, I could think of many things I could have said
But just let it go
I might wonder as I usually do,
Of what we could have been if things were different
But just let it go]
Aasaan nahi hai magar
Jaana nahi ab udhar
[It isn’t easy, but no going back there]
Maloom hai jahaan dard hai
Wahi phir bhi kyun jaayein
Wahi kashmakash wahi uljhanein
Wahi Tees kyun laayein…
[(why) when you know that there is pain, why go back again?
Why deal with the same crisis, issues,
Why bring it all over again?]
Behtar to ye hota
Hum mile hi na hote
Magar jaane de
Aadatan to sochenge
Hota yoon to kya hota
Magar jaane de
Would have been better if we hadn’t met at all
But just let it go
I might wonder as I usually do,
Of what we could have been if things were different
But just let it go
Atif Aslam – Jaane De Lyrics