jo baat tujh mein hai teree tasvir mein nahi
tasvir mein nahi jo baat tujh mein hai

rango mein tera aks dhala, tu na dhal sakee
saanso ki aanch jism ki khushabu na dhal saki
tujh mein jo loch hai, meri taharir mein nahi
meri taharir mein nahi
jo baat tujh mein hai, teri tasvir mein nahi

bejaan husn me kaha, raftar ki ada
inkaar kee ada hai, na ikarar kee ada
koyee lachak bhee julf-e-giraahgir mein nahi
julf-e-giraahgir mein nahi
jo baat tujh mein hai, teree tasvir mein nahi

duneeya me koyee chij nahee hai teree tarah
phir ek baar saamane aaja kisee tarah
kya aur ek jhalak meree takdir me nahi
takdir me nahi
jo baat tujh mein hai, teree tasvir me nahee

The essence held within, your portrait cannot seize,
What lives in you, your image cannot appease.

Your colors sought to capture, yet you would not bend,
The breath, the scent of skin, their journey couldn't end.
The grace, the curve, the life, in prose is not defined,
Not defined in script, the truth of you to find.
What lives in you, your portrait cannot seize.

In lifeless beauty, where's the dance, the sway?
Denial's art, nor yes in its display.
No ripple, no soft twist within the tangled hair,
Within the tangled hair, a truth beyond compare.
What lives in you, your portrait cannot seize.

No other thing exists that mirrors you,
Appear again, in form, your presence imbue.
What is one glimpse, what more, my fate to see?
My fate cannot contain all of thee.
What lives in you, your portrait cannot seize.