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song: kahna hi kya
film: Bombay
musicdirector: a r rahman
songwriter: mehboob
singer: chitra

gumsum gumsum gupchup,
(lost in thoughts, secretive, silent)

gumsum gum gupchup
gumsum gumsum gupchup, gumsum gum gupchup
halchal halchal kho gayi teri honth hain tere chup
(all the movements of yours have ceased, your lips are silent)

khalbal khalbal kho gayi teri baithi hai tu chup
(all agitations of yours have ceased, why are you sitting silently)

pyare pyare chehre ne par de diya ishara
(but, your lovely face has unknowingly given the indication)

dekha teri ankho ne hai sapna koi pyara
(that your eyes have seen a lovely dream)

humse gori na tu sharma keh de humse jara
(don't feel shy from us, o fair-complexioned, do say something to us)

humse gori na tu sharma keh de humse jara

kehna hi kya, ye nain ek anjaan se jo mile
(what is there to say, when my eyes met the eyes of a stranger)

chalne lage mohabbat ke jaise ye silsile
(as if these sequences of love had commenced from there)

armaa naye aise dil mein khile jinko kabhi main na jaanoo
(such novel desires bloomed in the heart, which i had never ever known)

vo humse hum unse kabhi na mile kaise mile dil na jaanoo
(he never met me, nor did i ever meet him, how the hearts got united, i do not know)

ab kya karey kya naam le kaise unhe main pukaaroo
(what do i do now? what name of him i utter? how do i call him? (as i don't even know his name)

kehna hi kya, ye nain ek anjaan se jo mile
chalne lage mohabbat ke jaise ye silsile
armaa naye aise dil mein khile jinko kabhi main na jaanoo
vo humse hum unse kabhi na mile kaise mile dil na jaanoo
ab kya karey kya naam le kaise unhe main pukaaroo

pehli hi nazar mein kuchh hum kuchh tum ho jaate hain yu gum
(in first sight, somehow i get lost in something, and somehow he also gets lost in something)

naino se barse rimjhim rimjhim hum pe pyaar ka saawan
(the rains of love are showering in a drizzle from the eyes)

sharm thodi thodi humko aaye to najrey jhuk jaaye
(a slight little shyness overcomes me, and that causes my eyes to stoop)

sitam thoda thoda hum pe shokh hawa bhi kar jaaye
(a slight little cruelty is pelted on me by this naughty wind also)

aisi chale aanchal urhe dil mein ek toofan uthe
(it flows in such a way that the corner of my scarf flows baring my body, and a tempest originates in my heart)

hum to lut gaye khade hi khade
(i remained standing doing nothing, still i got looted (of my heart)

kehna hi kya, ye nain ek anjaan se jo mile
chalne lage mohabbat ke jaise ye silsile
armaa naye aise dil mein khile jinko kabhi main na jaanoo
vo humse hum unse kabhi na mile kaise mile dil na jaanoo
ab kya karey kya naam le kaise unhe main pukaaroo

gumsum gumsum gupchup, gumsum gupchup
gumsum gumsum gupchup, gumsum gupchup
halchal halchal kho gayi teri honth hain tere chup
khalbal khalbal kho gayi teri baithi hai tu chup
pyare pyare chehre ne par de diya ishara
dekha teri ankho ne hai sapna koi pyara
humse gori na tu sharma keh de humse jara
humse gori na tu sharma keh de humse jara

in hontho ne manga sargam sargam tu aur tera hi pyaar hai
(what these lips had saught that is you and just your love)

aankh dhoondhe hai jisko hardam hardam tu aur tera hi pyaar hai
(what these eyes are searching all the time that is you and just your love)

mehfil mein bhi tanha hai dil aise dil aise
(in a gathering also, my heart feels lonesome in such a way)

tujhe kho na de darta hai ye aise ye aise
(as if it is afraid that it might lose you)

aaj mili aisi khushi jhoom uthi duniya ye meri
(today i found such a perfect bliss that my entire world is dancing in a trance)

tumko paaya to paayi jindagi
(having found you, i have found the meaning of life)

kehna hi kya, ye nain ek anjaan se jo mile
chalne lage mohabbat ke jaise ye silsile
armaa naye aise dil mein khile jinko kabhi main na jaanoo
vo humse hum unse kabhi na mile kaise mile dil na jaanoo
ab kya karey kya naam le kaise unhe main pukaaroo

kehna hi kya, ye nain ek anjaan se jo mile
chalne lage mohabbat ke jaise ye silsile
kehna hi kya

version: 1.00
last updated: 01/08/2000
presented by: vulcan

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