do naino ne jaal bichhaaya
aur do naina ulajh gaye, ulajh gaye
ek wahi bedard na samajha
duniya waale samajh gaye, samajh gaye

dil tha ek bachpan ka saathi
wo bhi mujhko chhod gaya
wo bhi mujhko chhod gaya
nikat anaadi anjaane se mera naata jod gaya
main birahan pyaasi ki pyaasi
saawan aaye baras gaye, baras gaye

baithe hai wo tan man ghere
baithe hai wo tan man ghere
phir bhi kitani dur hain wo
main to maari laaj sharam ki
kis kaaran majbur hai wo
jal me dube nain hamaare
phir bhi pyaase taras gaye, taras gaye
do naino ne jaal bichhaaya

Two eyes cast a silken net,
And in that snare, two souls were caught.
Entangled, twisted, deeply set,
He, the heartless, understood not.
The world, it saw, and understood.

My heart, a childhood friend so true,
Abandoned me, and slipped away.
Left me bereft, the old, the new,
Bound to an awkward, unknown sway.
I, a thirsty bride, alone,
While monsoon clouds poured forth their tears,
And summer’s promise was overthrown.

He sits, my body, mind, he claims,
He sits, yet distance keeps us far.
I, bound by shame, by burning flames,
What prison holds him, bars him, star?
My eyes submerged within the flood,
Yet thirst remains, a bitter sting.
Two eyes once cast a silken shroud.