aa chandni bhi meri tarah jaag rahi hai
aa chandni bhi meri tarah jaag rahi hai
palko pe sitaro ko liye raat khadi hai
aa chandni bhi meri tarah jaag rahi hai

ye baat ki surat ke bhale, dil ke bure ho
ye baat ki surat ke bhale, dil ke bure ho
dil ke bure ho
allah kare jhuth ho, bahuto se suni hai
aa chandni bhi meri tarah jaag rahi hai

wo maathe ka matla ho, ke hontho ke do misre
wo maathe ka matla ho, ke hontho ke do misre
wo maathe ka matla ho, ke hontho ke do misre
ke hontho ke do misre
bachpan se gazal hi meri mehbub rahi hai
aa chandni bhi meri tarah jaag rahi hai

gazalo ne wahi julfo ke faila diye saaye
gazalo ne wahi julfo ke faila diye saaye
gazalo ne wahi julfo ke faila diye saaye
faila diye saaye
jin raaho pe dekha hai dhup kadi hai
aa chandni bhi meri tarah jaag rahi hai

hum delhi bhi ho aaye hai, lahore bhi ghume
hum delhi bhi ho aaye hai, lahore bhi ghume
hum delhi bhi ho aaye hai, lahore bhi ghume
lahore bhi ghume
ae yaar magar teri gali, teri gali hai
aa chandni bhi meri tarah jaag rahi hai
palko pe sitaro ko liye raat khadi hai
aa chandni bhi meri tarah jaag rahi hai
aa chandni bhi meri tarah jaag rahi hai
aa chandni bhi meri tarah

Like me, the moon weeps awake,
Like me, the moon weeps awake.
Stars nestled on night's lashes, she waits,
Like me, the moon weeps awake.

They say beauty's a mask, a heart untrue,
They say beauty's a mask, a heart untrue.
A heart untrue?
May God make it a lie, a whisper I've heard,
Like me, the moon weeps awake.

Whether brow's opening verse, or lips' couplet's grace,
Whether brow's opening verse, or lips' couplet's grace,
Whether brow's opening verse, or lips' couplet's grace,
Or lips' couplet's grace,
From childhood, the ghazal, my beloved, has stayed,
Like me, the moon weeps awake.

The ghazals unfurl the shadows of tresses so long,
The ghazals unfurl the shadows of tresses so long,
The ghazals unfurl the shadows of tresses so long,
Shadows they prolong,
On paths where the sun, fiercely, does throng,
Like me, the moon weeps awake.

We've wandered Delhi, Lahore's embrace,
We've wandered Delhi, Lahore's embrace,
We've wandered Delhi, Lahore's embrace,
Lahore's embrace,
But friend, your lane, your lane, is the place,
Like me, the moon weeps awake.
Stars nestled on night's lashes, she waits,
Like me, the moon weeps awake.
Like me, the moon weeps awake,
Like me…