Anuv Jain – Inaam Lyrics English Translation

You know I know you better than you know yourself.
You’ve received everything you ever wished for, all these years.
You used to cry and beg for toys,
And once you got them, you’d forget them in days.
But toys never had a heart.
Mine does—and it knows right from wrong.

Once you longed for me so much, but now you don’t even remember me.
Do you recall? You used to call me a “prize,”
And did so much just to win me.
Now, that same prize accuses you, my love.
My heart is the witness—since you won me, you’ve really lost.

I admit, things do change,
But who knew you’d change this much, my dear?
The one who was once a flame for me… why don’t you care anymore?

Tell me, what’s in your heart?
What more do you want?
What is lacking here?
You’ve received all you asked for—tell me.
What wrong did I do in return?
What did I even ask from you? So little… just a little—what was it, oh!

Let me read the letters you wrote.
Don’t break the promises you made so lightly.
The ink on those promises hasn’t even dried yet.
Did you write them yourself… or have you forgotten even that?

You say, “Bravo, you’ve won the prize again,”
With a smile on your face,
But your eyes show no joy anywhere.

I once told you, “I know you better than you know yourself.”
Maybe I was wrong, but this much I’ve learned:
Any prize without true worth is just the same—
Like toys left gathering dust in a corner of the house.
They might distract me for a moment, but they cannot truly make my heart happy.

I used to sit at home, writing the story of my heart,
Surrounded by walls—speaking only to them.
“One day, the world will be in my hands…” Ah…

The one who was once unknown now stands among the honored,
Yet remains a prisoner, confined within these same walls.
Caught in impossible dreams, unable to fly free… Ah, ah.