hamen chhod piya kis desh gae
piya laut ke aana bhul gaye
murajha gayi honthon ki kaliyan
ham hansna hansana bhul gaye

so jatan se prit lagayi thi
ye duniya sog banai thi
kyo prit lagana yad raha
kyo prit nibhana bhul gaye
hame chhod piya kis desh gaye

rote rote barsat gayi
sundar sundar har raat gayi
ujade hue is ghar men akasar
ham dip jalana bhul gae
hame chhod piya kis desh gaye

ham aankh se ojhal hote the
tum sau sau aansu rote the
ham sau sau aansu rote hai
tum mukh dikhlana bhul gaye
hamen chhod piyaa kis desh gaye

Where have you gone, my love, leaving me behind?
Have you forgotten to return, leaving my heart confined?
The blossoms of my lips have withered and died,
I've forgotten how to laugh, how to confide.

With such care, I nurtured our love's sweet seed,
This world, once bright, now a landscape of need.
Why do you remember the joy of love's start,
But forget the vow to play your fated part?
Where have you gone, my love, leaving me behind?

The rain of sorrow has poured, season on season,
Each lovely night, a lost, fading reason.
In this desolate home, where shadows creep,
I've forgotten the candles, the light to keep.
Where have you gone, my love, leaving me behind?

When I vanished from your sight, once so dear,
You wept a hundred tears, holding me near.
Now I weep a hundred, my tears start to fall,
And you've forgotten to answer my call,
Where have you gone, my love, leaving me behind?