Song lines for missing someone

Tere bin nahi laage jiya

tere bin ab to aaja piya

Tere Bin Nahi Laage · Ek Paheli Leela (2015) · Uzair Jaswal

My heart will not settle without you. Come now.

The simplest way to say come back. No blame in it anywhere, so it can be sent to someone who has been away too long without starting an argument.

Ye raatein ab nahi dhadakti

din bhi saans nahi lete

Tere Bin Nahi Laage · Ek Paheli Leela (2015) · Uzair Jaswal

These nights have stopped beating. The days do not breathe either.

When "I miss you" is too small. It describes the missing instead of announcing it.

Baatein reh gayi adhoori

mere labon pe zaroori

Tere Bin Nahi Laage · Ek Paheli Leela (2015) · Uzair Jaswal

Things were left unfinished, still sitting on my lips and still needing to be said.

For reaching out after a long silence. It admits there is something to say without saying it yet, which is often the only way to start.

Ghar aaja pardesi

tera des bulaye re

Ghar Aaja Pardesi · Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) · Manpreet Kaur, Pamela Chopra

Come home, traveller. Your country is calling you.

For anyone who moved away: a sibling abroad, a child in another city, a friend who has not visited in years. Homesickness rather than romance.

Is gaon ki anpadh mitti

padh nahi sakti teri chitthi

Ghar Aaja Pardesi · Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) · Manpreet Kaur, Pamela Chopra

The unlettered soil of this village cannot read your letter.

Anand Bakshi at his best: it means come in person, and it says it without once asking. Devastating for a family member who only ever calls.

Maana tere hain kuch sapne

par hum to hain tere apne

Ghar Aaja Pardesi · Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) · Manpreet Kaur, Pamela Chopra

Granted, you have your dreams. But we are still your own.

Concedes the argument before making it, so it never sounds like guilt. For someone who left for good reasons and has been gone too long.