chand tanha hai aasma tanha
dil mila hai kaha kaha tanha
chand tanha hai

bujh gayi aas chhup gaya tara
thartharata raha dhuaa tanha
chand tanha hai

jindagi kya isi ko kahte hai
jindagi kya isi ko kahte hai
jism tanha hai aur jaan tanha
chand tanha hai

humsafar koi gar mile bhi kahi
dono chalte rahe tanha tanha
chand tanha hai

rah dekha karega sadiyo tak
rah dekha karega sadiyo tak
chhod jayenge ye jaha tanha
chand tanha hai

The moon is lonely, the sky is bare,
A heart finds solace, nowhere to share,
The moon is lonely.

Hope extinguished, stars have fled,
A trembling smoke, alone is bred,
The moon is lonely.

Is this, then, what life's true name?
Is this the essence of the game?
Body's lonely, spirit too,
The moon is lonely.

A companion, should one appear,
Still, both walk lonely, year by year,
The moon is lonely.

Centuries will the path await,
Centuries will the path await,
Leaving this world, desolate, late,
The moon is lonely.