ye kaun aaya, roshan ho gai mahfil kiske naam se
ye kaun aaya
ye kaun aaya, roshan ho gai mahfil kiske naam se
mere ghar me jaise suraj nikla hai shaam se
ye kaun aaya

yaade hai kuchh aai si, yaa kirane laharaai si
yaa kirane laharaai si
dil me soye gito ne li hai phir agadaai si
armaano ki madiraa chhalke ankhiyo ke jaam se
ye kaun aaya, roshan ho gai mahfil kiske naam se
mere ghar me jaise suraj nikla hai shaam se
ye kaun aaya

aahat pe halki halki, chhati dhadke payal ki
aahat pe halki halki, chhati dhadke payal ki
har gori se naam uska, lahre puchhe aanchal ki
chhupke chhupke radha koi puchhe apne shyam se
ye kaun aaya

kyaa kahiye is aane ko, aaya hai tarsane ko
aaya hai tarsane ko
dekha usne hans hans ke, har apne begane ko
lekin kitna beparvah hai, mere hi salaam se
ye kaun aaya, roshan ho gai mahfil kiske naam se
mere ghar me jaise suraj nikla hai shaam se
ye kaun aaya

Who has arrived, illuminating the gathering, by whose name?
Who has arrived?

Who has arrived, illuminating the gathering, by whose name?
As if a sun has risen in my home, from the evening's shade,
Who has arrived?

Memories arrive, shimmering, or rays of light that dance,
Or rays of light that dance.
Sleeping songs within the heart, have stretched once more, a chance.
Desires' wine spills over, from the eyes' own glass,
Who has arrived, illuminating the gathering, by whose name?
As if a sun has risen in my home, from the evening's shade,
Who has arrived?

At the softest sound, the heart beats like a dancing anklet's chime,
At the softest sound, the heart beats like a dancing anklet's chime.
Each fair one, her name whispered, the waves ask the edge of her garment,
Secretly, a Radha asks her Shyam, of time.
Who has arrived?

What to say of this arrival, has it come to make me yearn?
Has it come to make me yearn?
He saw, laughing, each of his own, and all those who spurn.
But how indifferent, it seems, to my own greeting's plea,
Who has arrived, illuminating the gathering, by whose name?
As if a sun has risen in my home, from the evening's shade,
Who has arrived?