#MellowMusic Hits: NaQabil by KhoslaRaghu

In NaQabil, KhoslaRaghu voices the unseen heart. A soft, aching tribute to one-sided love.

“NaQabil” is the quiet confession of the guy no one notices. The one in the back of the room, watching the girl everyone wants. She shines effortlessly. He disappears in her light—and he knows it.

This is the classic one-sided love story, but told without the clichés. There’s no grand gesture. No false hope. Just the ache of watching someone from afar and knowing—deep down—you were never part of her world.

And yet, he dreams.

There’s a raw honesty in the way this track unfolds. It doesn’t try to dress up the pain. It sits in it. Letting every soft lyric and hushed note stretch across that invisible distance. You can feel the weight of unspoken words, of years spent loving silently, hopelessly.

The production mirrors that emotion—subtle, atmospheric, almost transparent. Like the love itself: present, but never seen.

What makes NaQabil hit so hard is how familiar it feels. So many of us have been there. Crushing on someone we feel isn’t even in our orbit. Convincing ourselves they’d never see us the way we see them. And yet, holding onto the feeling because letting go would hurt even more.

There’s no bitterness in NaQabil. No anger. Just quiet admiration from a distance. That’s what makes it beautiful—and brutal. The singer doesn’t want to win her over. He just wants to love her, even if it never means anything to her.

He calls himself naqaabil—unworthy—and in that, he captures a truth many of us carry but rarely say out loud. It’s the vulnerability of knowing you don’t measure up to someone’s world, but still being drawn to them like gravity.

This isn’t about heartbreak. It’s about living with the ache. About carrying a love that’s invisible, but all-consuming. And doing it with a kind of quiet grace.

There’s a scene the song never spells out, but you feel it: he sees her laughing across the room. Not with him. Never with him. But he smiles anyway, just for the chance to watch.

NaQabil doesn’t demand closure or answers. It simply holds space for those of us who’ve loved deeply without being seen. For the ones who stay in the background, dreaming. Not to be chosen—but just to feel something real.

And sometimes, that’s enough.

Lyrics & Meaning:

Tujhse alag hai meri
My world stands apart from yours

Ye zami aur mera aasman
This earth, this sky of mine—so different from yours

Par chaahun na kaise tujhe
Still, how could I not want you?

Ye mere bhi bass mein kahaan
It’s not even in my control anymore

Kuch kehna ho toh kya kabhi milogey
If I ever had something to say, would we ever even meet?

Aur keh bhi dein toh kya tum sun logey
And if I spoke, would you truly listen?

Phir sun bhi lo toh jaane kya kahogey
And even if you heard me, what would you say?

Na mere the na mere tum banogey
You weren’t mine, and you never will be

Ye duniya waaqif hai
The world already knows this truth

Hum toh naqaabil hain
I’m just not enough—not worthy of you

Kyin tu hoga mera
Why would you ever be mine?

Tujhpe jo marte hain
There are so many who fall for you

Hum unmein shaamil hai
I’m one of them, lost in your shadow

Hai badi baat kya
What’s the big deal?

Mai jo hun wo nahi
I’m not who I wish I could be

Tere jaisa koi
Someone who matches your world

Tere liye haina
Someone made for you

Chaahega jo tujhe
Someone who’ll love you the way you deserve

Tu bhi chaahe jisse
Someone you might want back

Aiaa koi hoga
Maybe that someone will come along

Hum yahin kuch door se
I’ll be here, just a little ways off

Roshan hai tere noor se
Lit quietly by the light you carry

Hai jal raha mere khwaabon ka aashiyaan
While the home of my dreams slowly burns down

Kamil hain teri sab khaamiyan bhi
Even your flaws feel flawless to me

Aur mujhmein bass ye nakaamiyan hi
While all I seem to hold are failures

Chhodo bhala kya faayeda
Forget it—what’s the point of wishing anymore?

Ye duniya..
This world… it was never mine to begin with

Audio Credits:

Vocals: Sanchit Khosla & Rishabh Raghuvanshi
Producer: Sanchit Khosla
Lyrics: Rishabh Raghuvanshi
Composer: Sanchit Khosla