aansu bhi piye taane bhi sahe
kya kya na vafa se kam liya
bedar jamane ke dar se
dil me bhi na tera naam liya
bedar jamane ke dar se
dil me bhi na tera naam liya
jab koi sahara mil na saka
kudh apna hi daman tham liya
aansu bhi piye taane bhi sahe

shikve jo juban tak aa jate
badnam mohabbat ho jati
shikve jo juban tak aa jate
shikve jo juban ha ha
shikve jo juban tak aa jate
badnam mohabbat ho jati

ek aah agar hum karte the
duniya me qyamat ho jati
rusvayi teri manjur na thi
yu rut se humne kam liya
aansu bhi piye taane bhi sahe

is bat ko koi kya samjhe
is raaz ko koi kya jaane
nabad jamane valo ne
khele jo sitam ke afsane
ek tere savale kuch na kahas
or sab ne hi tera nam liya
aansu bhi piye taane bhi sahe
aansu bhi piye taane bhi sahe
ha sab ne tera nam liya

I drank the tears, endured the barbs,
And with devotion, played my part.
Fearing a heartless world's harsh gaze,
Your name, I hid within my heart.
Fearing a heartless world's harsh gaze,
Your name, I hid within my heart.
When solace was nowhere to be found,
My own torn garment, I did start
To mend, and drank the tears, endured the barbs.

If complaints had reached my tongue,
Love's very name would be defiled.
If complaints had reached my tongue,
If complaints… ha…
If complaints had reached my tongue,
Love's very name would be defiled.

A single sigh, a whispered plea,
Would bring the world to fiery end.
Your shame, I could not bear to see,
So silence was my chosen friend.
I drank the tears, endured the barbs.

How could another understand?
This secret that I kept within?
The tales of cruelty, the world’s command,
The tales the heartless did begin.
To you, I said not a word of blame,
While all the world, they spoke your name.
I drank the tears, endured the barbs.
I drank the tears, endured the barbs.
Yes, all the world, they spoke your name.