ek khwaab suhana dekh liya
kya khel tha chand sitaro ka
ab aake dekh bedard jara kya
haal hai pyar ke maaro ka

badi bhul hui tujhe pyar kiya
badi bhul hui tujhe pyar kiya
tere pyar ka kyu aitbar kiya
badi bhul hui tujhe pyar kiya

muh modd ke yu hi jana tha
kyu apna mujhe banaya tha
agar shokh rulane ka tha tujhe
kyu hasna mujhe sikhaya tha
badi bhul hui tujhe pyar kiya

ye jina bhi koi jina hai
tum dur raho main dur rahu
kya pyar isi ko kehte hai
jo milne se majbur rahu
kyu vada kiya todd diya
ikrar karke inkaar kiya
badi bhul hui tujhe pyar kiya
badi bhul hui tujhe pyar kiya
tujhe pyar kiya tujhe pyar kiya

A dream, a sweet illusion, I embraced,
A dance of moon and star, a celestial game.
Come, heartless one, and witness now,
The wreckage love's arrows have inflamed.

A grave mistake, to offer you my heart,
A grave mistake, to trust your fleeting guise.
Why did I, foolish, stake my soul on you?
A grave mistake, to find love in your eyes.

To turn away, to vanish in the night,
Why did you claim me, make me yours to keep?
If your delight was tears, a mournful art,
Why teach my laughter, then, to softly weep?
A grave mistake, to offer you my heart.

Is this a life, this hollow, echoing space?
You far away, and I, a distant shore.
Is this love's echo, this enforced embrace,
Where meeting's barred, and longing evermore?
Why did you promise, only to betray?
Confession made, then turned to cold denial?
A grave mistake, to offer you my heart.
A grave mistake, to trust your whispered lie.
I loved you then, I love you still, I cry.