chand ke aansu shabnam bankar
barse sari rain
mai kya janu raat ko kisne
de diye mere nain
kisi ke pyar ki tasveer ko
aankho me pa kar ke
bahana chahte aansu
koi roke bhi aakar ke
koi roke kisi ke

jalalta hai koi deepak
mohabbat ke basere me
jamane ki hawa kahti
mai dam lungi bujha kar
koi roke bhi aakar ke
koi roke kisi ke

zami dusman falak dushman
sitam gar ye jamana hai
zami dusman falak dushman
sitam gar ye jamana hai
magar fariyad ko meri
nahi nakam aana hai
udegi khak us ghar ki
gaye jisko basa kar ke
koi roke bhi aakar ke
koi roke
kisi ke pyar ki tasveer ko
aankho me pa kar ke
bahana chahte aansu
koi roke bhi aakar ke
koi roke kisi ke

Moon's tears, as dew, descend,
Throughout the night they weep.
What knows the night, that in my gaze,
Such sorrows softly sleep?

Within my eyes, a love's embrace,
A portrait I behold,
And tears then yearn to flow and spill,
Though someone bid them hold.
Oh, let them hold, for love's own sake!

A lamp of love, someone ignites,
Within a dwelling deep.
The world's harsh wind then whispers,
"I'll quench it in its sleep."
Oh, let them hold, for love's own sake!

The earth, a foe, the sky, a foe,
This world, a cruel decree.
The earth, a foe, the sky, a foe,
This world, a misery.
But my lament, it shall not fail,
Nor rendered incomplete.
The dust will rise, where once they built,
A home, their life's retreat.
Oh, let them hold, for love's own sake!

Within my eyes, a love's embrace,
A portrait I behold,
And tears then yearn to flow and spill,
Though someone bid them hold.
Oh, let them hold, for love's own sake!