tawil raaton ki khamushi mein meri fughan thak ke so gai hai
tumhaari aankhon ne jo kahi thi wo dastan thak ke so gai hai

gila nahin tujh se zindagi ke wo zawiye hi badal chuke hain
meri wafa wo tere taghaful ki nauha-khwan thak ke so gai hai [...]

phir mujhe dida-e-tar yaad aaya
dil jigar tishna-e-faryaad aaya

i remember my moistened eyes again
my heart's thirsty longing and my pain [...]

wo jo hum mein tum mein qarar tha tumhein yaad ho ki na yaad ho
wahi yani wada nibah ka tumhein yaad ho ki na yaad ho

the love that 'tween us used to be, you may, may not recall
those promises of constancy, you may, may not recall [...]

chupke chupke raat din aansu bahana yaad hai
hum ko ab tak aashiqi ka wo zamana yaad hai

ba-hazaran iztirab o sad-hazaran ishtiyaq
tujh se wo pahle-pahal dil ka lagana yaad hai [...]

hai khar khar jahan narm narm khu rakhiyo
hatheliyon mein gulabon ke rang-o-bu rakhiyo

ganwa na dijiyo sab shahr-e-dil-nigaran mein
bacha ke thodi si sahba-e-arzu rakhiyo [...]

tere dil ke raste mein mera ghar kahin nahin tha
jo tujhe aziz hota wo hunar kahin nahin tha

tujhe dhundne nikalte kisi roz pa hi lete
magar in hatheliyon mein wo safar kahin nahin tha [...]