Chalo Ek Baar Phir Se Ajnabi.....

...and last one before I pen off for the night - another Sahir Ludhianvi song made immortal by Mahender Kapoor (Chalo ek baar phir se, ajnabi ban....)

Come, let us be strangers once again

I, bereft of expectations of any solace for my poor heart

And, you keep away those looks, disguised yet mischievously entrapping

Here's hoping, my stammering words won't betray the trembling heartbeats

nor shall you reveal your tormented inner self

Come, let us be strangers once again....

Seems something stops you from the much desired advances

And, here people prevent me, saying you were never mine

My love, while my past has habit of following and haunting me,

so are you shackled by hangovers of nights bygone

Come, let us be strangers once again....

Better off forgetting the intimacy that borders addiction

Relationship that turns into burden is best left broken 

That story without hope, inconclusive ending,

perhaps be left alone after giving a beautiful twist

Come, let us be strangers once again....