Lyric
"Tum Hi Ho" is the signature ballad from Aashiqui 2, released by T-Series in April 2013 — written, composed and arranged by Mithoon and sung by Arijit Singh. A sparse, piano-led declaration of total devotion, it became the most popular Hindi song of 2013, won Arijit Singh his first Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer, and transformed him overnight from a respected studio voice into the defining playback singer of his generation. Its restrained arrangement — piano, strings and one aching vocal — broke with Bollywood's orchestral habits and set the template the Hindi film ballad has followed ever since. More than a decade later it remains the default Hindi love song at weddings and one of the most-streamed Bollywood tracks ever recorded.
Tum Hi Ho Hindi Lyrics
Original (Hindi) version
[Verse 1]
हम तेरे बिन अब रह नहीं सकते
तेरे बिना क्या वजूद मेरा
हम तेरे बिन अब रह नहीं सकते
तेरे बिना क्या वजूद मेरा
तुझसे जुदा गर हो जाएँगे
तो खुद से ही हो जाएँगे जुदा
[Chorus]
क्यूँकि तुम ही हो, अब तुम ही हो
ज़िंदगी अब तुम ही हो
चैन भी, मेरा दर्द भी
मेरी आशिक़ी अब तुम ही हो
[Verse 2]
तेरा मेरा रिश्ता है कैसा
इक पल दूर गवारा नहीं
तेरे लिए हर रोज़ हैं जीते
तुझको दिया मेरा वक़्त सभी
कोई लम्हा मेरा ना हो तेरे बिना
हर साँस पे नाम तेरा
[Chorus]
क्यूँकि तुम ही हो, अब तुम ही हो
ज़िंदगी अब तुम ही हो
चैन भी, मेरा दर्द भी
मेरी आशिक़ी अब तुम ही हो
तुम ही हो… तुम ही हो…
[Verse 3]
तेरे लिए ही जिया मैं
खुद को जो यूँ दे दिया है
तेरी वफ़ा ने मुझको संभाला
सारे ग़मों को दिल से निकाला
तेरे साथ मेरा है नसीब जुड़ा
तुझे पा के अधूरा ना रहा...
[Chorus]
क्यूँकि तुम ही हो, अब तुम ही हो
ज़िंदगी अब तुम ही हो..
चैन भी, मेरा दर्द भी
मेरी आशिक़ी अब तुम ही हो
क्यूँकि तुम ही हो, अब तुम ही हो
ज़िंदगी अब तुम ही हो..
चैन भी, मेरा दर्द भी
मेरी आशिक़ी अब तुम ही हो
Romanized version
[Verse 1]
Hum tere bin ab rah nahi sakte
Tere bina kya vajood mera
Hum tere bin ab rah nahi sakte
Tere bina kya vajood mera
Tujhse juda gar ho jaayenge
To khud se hi ho jaayenge juda
[Chorus]
Kyunki tum hi ho, ab tum hi ho
Zindagi ab tum hi ho
Chain bhi, mera dard bhi
Meri aashiqui ab tum hi ho
[Verse 2]
Tera mera rishta hai kaisa
Ik pal door gavaara nahi
Tere liye har roz hain jeete
Tujhko diya mera waqt sabhi
Koi lamha mera na ho tere bina
Har saans pe naam tera
[Chorus]
Kyunki tum hi ho, ab tum hi ho
Zindagi ab tum hi ho
Chain bhi, mera dard bhi
Meri aashiqui ab tum hi ho
Tum hi ho… tum hi ho…
[Verse 3]
Tere liye hi jiya main
Khud ko jo yun de diya hai
Teri wafa ne mujhko sambhala
Saare ghamon ko dil se nikala
Tere saath mera hai naseeb juda
Tujhe pa ke adhoora na raha...
[Chorus]
Kyunki tum hi ho, ab tum hi ho
Zindagi ab tum hi ho..
Chain bhi, mera dard bhi
Meri aashiqui ab tum hi ho
Kyunki tum hi ho, ab tum hi ho
Zindagi ab tum hi ho..
Chain bhi, mera dard bhi
Meri aashiqui ab tum hi ho
Song Details
- Singer
- Arijit Singh
- Composer
- Mithoon
- Lyricist
- Mithoon
- Genre
- Bollywood, Pop, Sad
- Album
- Aashiqui 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Released
- Apr 03, 2013
- Language
- Hindi
- Track #
- 1
- Views
- 20
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💭 Meaning of "Tum Hi Ho" Song Lyrics
Meaning of "Tum Hi Ho"
The title translates as "you are the one" — or more literally, "it is only you" — and the song is exactly that: a vow of total, almost frightening devotion. The narrator tells his beloved that she is his peace, his pain and his entire existence; living itself only makes sense in her presence. There is no plot and no complication, just one feeling held up to the light and turned slowly.
What gives the song its weight is the desperation underneath the tenderness. In the film's context — a self-destructing singer watching the woman he loves rise — the words double as surrender: the admission that he has nothing left except her. That undertow of dependence is why the song reads as devastating rather than merely sweet, and why it became shorthand for all-consuming love across a generation of Indian listeners.
🎬 Behind the song: how "Tum Hi Ho" was made
Production Notes
- Vocals: Arijit Singh.
- Music, lyrics & arrangement: Mithoon.
- Label: T-Series; from the film Aashiqui 2 (dir. Mohit Suri).
- Release: April 2013, track 1 of the soundtrack.
- Sound: a sparse piano figure under the verse, strings entering at the chorus, and the vocal mixed far forward — restraint as the entire production philosophy.
- Awards: Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer (Arijit Singh); the album won Filmfare's Best Music Director for Mithoon, Jeet Gannguli and Ankit Tiwari.
🌍 "Tum Hi Ho" — Cultural impact & legacy
Cultural Context
"Tum Hi Ho" is one of the most consequential Hindi film songs of the streaming era. It arrived just as India's music consumption moved to YouTube and phones, and its enormous, sustained popularity — the most-loved Hindi song of 2013 and a fixture ever since — proved that a quiet ballad could outperform any dance number online. The industry noticed: the sparse, piano-led, vocal-first ballad became Bollywood's default romantic mode for the next decade.
It also created the Arijit Singh era. Within months of release he was Hindi cinema's first-call romantic voice, and "Tum Hi Ho" remains the song most associated with him — the one audiences worldwide still demand as his concerts' emotional peak.
📖 What is "Tum Hi Ho Song Lyrics" about?
"Tum Hi Ho" is the centrepiece of the Aashiqui 2 soundtrack (T-Series, April 2013) — written, composed and arranged by Mithoon and sung by Arijit Singh. Picturised on Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor in Mohit Suri's film, it is the song the entire movie's love story hangs on.
It was also the song that changed two careers at once: Arijit Singh's first Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer, and the cementing of Mithoon's reputation as Hindi cinema's ballad specialist. The pairing had history — Mithoon's "Phir Mohabbat" from Murder 2 (2011) had been Singh's Hindi playback debut two years earlier.
⭐ Behind the song trivia
- Mithoon wrote, composed and arranged Tum Hi Ho single-handedly — one of the rare Bollywood mega-hits credited to one person for both music and lyrics.
- Tum Hi Ho won Arijit Singh his first Filmfare Award (Best Male Playback Singer) at the 2014 ceremony.
- Mithoon and Arijit Singh had history before Aashiqui 2: Mithoon's "Phir Mohabbat" (Murder 2, 2011) was Singh's Hindi playback debut.
- The song was the most popular Hindi track of 2013 and helped lift Aashiqui 2 — a mid-budget film with new leads — into blockbuster territory.
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👥 Credits
| Vocals | Arijit Singh |
|---|---|
| Composer | Mithoon |
| Lyricist | Mithoon |
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