bujh gaya tha kyun diya
bujh gaya tha kyun diya
bujh gaya tha kyun diya
zyada hi bachaya tha
milan ki raat jaag kar
isliye isliye woh bujh gaya
woh bujh gaya woh bujh gaya
murjha gaya phool kyun
murjha gaya phool kyun

pyaar ki bechainiyon mein
usko seene mein daba rakha
tha maine isliye murjha gaya
murjha gaya murjha gaya
kisliye sookhi nadi kisliye sookhi nadi
aa kisliye sookhi nadi baandh bandha tha
zaroorat ke liye uss par baandh bandha tha
zaroorat ke liye uss par hamesha ke liye
rakh loon isliye sookhi nadi isliye sookhi nadi

taar chatkha saajh ka kyun
taar chatkha saajh ka kyun
uski had se zyada khinch gaya tha
sur lagaane mein isliye taar chatkha
isliye isliye

Why did the lamp extinguish?
Why did the lamp extinguish?
Why did the lamp extinguish?
Too much was it preserved.
Awake through union's night,
For that, for that, it died.
It died, it died.
Why did the flower wilt?
Why did the flower wilt?

In love's unrest,
I held it to my chest,
For that, it wilted.
It wilted, it wilted.
Why the dried river? Why the dried river?
Oh, why the dried river? A dam was built,
For necessity, a dam was built.
For need, always did I take,
To keep, for that, the dried river.

Why did the evening string snap?
Why did the evening string snap?
Beyond its limit, I pulled,
In tuning, for that, the string snapped.
For that, for that.