ae dil kisi ki yaad me
hota hai bekraar kyu
jisne bhula diya tujhe
uska hai intezaar kyu
vo na milega ab tujhe
jiski tujhe taalash hai
raaho me aaj be-kafan
teri wafa ki laash hai
ye to jara bata mujhe
tune kiya tha pyaar kyu
ae dil kisi ki yaad me
hota hai bekraar kyu

aansu jo hai ruke hue
hans ke inhe baha bhi de
jitne hai daag pyaar ke
ro kar inhe mita bhi de
tune hai fir bana diya
gam ko gale ka haar kyu
ae dil kisi ki yaad me
hota hai bekraar kyu

aayegi tujhme roshani
ab na kisi ke naam se
tu vo deeya hai mere dil
jo ki bujha ho shaam se
futegi fir koi kiran
tujhko hai etbaar kyu
ae dil kisi ki yaad me
hota hai bekraar kyu
jisne bhula diya tujhe
uska hai intezaar kyu

Why, oh heart, in memory's deep well,
Do you ache, a captive, in a lonely cell?
For she who forgot you, why do you yearn?
Why do you wait for a love that won't return?

The one you seek, she’s lost to sight,
A pathless road, swallowed by night.
Today, on the pathways, uncoffined and bare,
Lies the corpse of your loyalty, a sorrow to bear.
Tell me, oh tell me, why did you start
To love with a soul, oh, aching heart?

The tears that you hold, let them flow free,
With laughter's grace, release and be.
Wipe clean the stains, the scars of love's art,
Through weeping, unravel your broken heart.
Why have you fashioned, once more again,
Sorrow's embrace, a necklace of pain?
Why, oh heart, in memory's deep well,
Do you ache, a captive, in a lonely cell?

Light will return, but not from her name,
You are the lamp, extinguished by flame.
My heart, you are that forgotten light,
Doused in twilight, swallowed by night.
A new dawn will break, a radiant gleam,
Why, oh heart, do you still cling to a dream?
Why, oh heart, in memory's deep well,
Do you ache, a captive, in a lonely cell?
For she who forgot you, why do you yearn?
Why do you wait for a love that won't return?