"This Is A Love Song..."

This is the title song from the 1960 Indian cinema classic Chaudhvin Ka Chand

Lyrics

 

Hindi

Chaudhvin ka chaand ho, yaa aafataab ho

Jo bhi ho tum khudaa ki kasam, laajavaab ho

Chaudhvin ka chaand ho, yaa aafataab ho

Jo bhi ho tum khudaa ki kasam, laajavaab ho

Chaudhvin ka chaand ho

Zulfe hai jaise kaandhe pe baadal jhuke hue

Aankhe hai jaise may ke payaale bhare hue

Masti hai jisame pyaar ki tum, woh sharaab ho

Chaudhvin ka chaand ho

Cheharaa hai jaise jhil me khilataa huaa kaval

Yaa zindagi ke saaj pe chhedi hui gazal

Jaane bahaar tum kisi shaayar kaa khwaab ho

Chaudhvin ka chaand ho

Hotho pe khelati hai tabassum ki bijaliyaan

Sajade tumhaari raah me karati hai kaikashaan

Duniyaa-e-husn-o-ishq kaa tum hi shabaab ho

Chaudhvin ka chaand ho, yaa aafataab ho.

  

Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho

English

Are you the full moon, or the sun?

Whatever you are, I swear to God, you are beyond compare!

Your hair is like a soft cloud kissing your shoulders

Your eyes are like two goblets

And you are the wine that fills them with a zest for love.

Your face is like a beautiful lake on which your smile is a blooming lotus flower

Or, it is like an ode from the instrument of life

My dear, you are a poet's dream.

Your smile is lightning upon your lips

Upon your entrance, any group of people will fall to the ground, overwhelmed.

Of all the beauties in the world, you are the epitome.

Are you are a full moon, or the sun?

Whatever you are, my God you are incomparable!