Nadaan Dil Lyrics English Translation – Kavya Limaye

Nadaan Dil Ne Dekhiye Kya Kya Samajh Liya
See what all this innocent heart has come to believe,

Nadaan Dil Ne Dekhiye Kya Kya Samajh Liya
Look at this innocent heart—see all that it has come to believe.

Har Shakhs Ko Jahan Mein Khud Sa Samajh Liya
It considered every person in the world to be like itself.

Nadaan Dil Ne Dekhiye Kya Kya Samajh Liya
See what all this innocent heart has come to believe,

Nadaan Dil Ne Dekhiye Kya Kya Samajh Liya
Look at this innocent heart—see all that it has come to believe.

Har Shakhs Ko Jahan Mein Khud Sa Samajh Liya
It considered every person in the world to be like itself.

Nadaan Dil Ne Dekhiye Kya Kya Samajh Liya
See what all this innocent heart has come to believe,

Sooraj Jo Ek Roz Zara Der Se Uga
One day, when the sun rose a little late.

Sooraj Jo Ek Roz Zara Der Se Uga
One day, when the sun rose a little late.

Jugnu Ne Aasman Ko Apna Samajh Liya
The firefly thought the sky belonged to it.

O Nadaan Dil Ne Dekhiye Kya Kya Samajh Liya
Look at this innocent heart—see all that it has come to believe.

Nadaan Dil Ne Dekhiye Kya Kya Samajh Liya
Look at this innocent heart—see all that it has come to believe.

Kudrat Ne Jo Diya Tha Zara Der Ke Liye
What nature had given only for a short while.

Kudrat Ne Jo Diya Tha Zara Der Ke Liye
What nature had given only for a short while;

Mitti Ke Is Shareer Ko Khud Ka Samajh Liya
This body made of dust was taken as one’s own.

Nadaan Dil Ne Dekhiye Kya Kya Samajh Liya
See what all this innocent heart has come to believe,

O, Nadaan Dil Ne Dekhiye Kya Kya Samajh Liya
Look at this innocent heart—see all that it has come to believe.

Rasm Hi Le Raha Hoon Main Saansein Yahan Sah
I am merely breathing here as a formality.

Rasm Hi Le Raha Hoon Main Saansein Yahan Sah
I am merely fulfilling a ritual, just enduring breaths here,

Rasm Hi Le Raha Hoon Main Saansein Yahan Sah
I am merely breathing here as a formality,

Itni Si Baat Par Mujhe Zinda Samajh Liya
And just for this, I was considered alive,

Nadaan Dil Ne Dekhiye Kya Kya Samajh Liya
See what all this innocent heart has come to believe,

Har Shakhs Ko Jahan Mein Khud Sa Samajh Liya
It considered every person in the world to be like itself.

Nadaan Dil Ne Dekhiye Kya Kya Samajh Liya
See what all this innocent heart has come to believe,

Nadaan Dil Ne Dekhiye Kya Kya Samajh Liya
Look at this innocent heart—see all that it has come to believe.

Nadaan Dil Ne Dekhiye Kya Kya Samajh Liya
See what all this innocent heart has come to believe,

Samajh Liya
It’s just assumed.