ja or kahi ro shahnai
ja or kahi ro shahnai
ab mai hu or meri tanhai
ja or kahi ro shahnai
aankh lagegi rote rote
jag padi phir sote sote
aankh lagegi rote rote
jag padi phir sote sote
yad aa gai apni rushvai
ja or kahi ro shahnai
ja or kahi ro shahnai

aate jate dekh barate
sharmai virahn ki rate
par bairan tu na sharmai
ja or kahi ro shahnai
ja or kahi ro shahnai

bin chanda ke mai hu chandaniya
mang hai suni or dulhaniya
bin chanda ke mai hu chandaniya
mang hai suni or dulhaniya
dekhi kisne meri angdai
ja or kahi ro shahnai
ja or kahi ro shahnai
ab mai hu or meri tanhai
ja or kahi ro shahnai

Go, weep your song, O oboe, elsewhere,
Go, weep your song, O oboe, elsewhere,
Now only I and my solitude,
Go, weep your song, O oboe, elsewhere.
Sleep descends, as tears well forth,
Awake, then, in the midst of dreams,
Sleep descends, as tears well forth,
Awake, then, in the midst of dreams,
Remembering the shame that's been,
Go, weep your song, O oboe, elsewhere,
Go, weep your song, O oboe, elsewhere.

Watching weddings come and go,
The nights of separation blush,
But, O ill-starred one, you do not blush,
Go, weep your song, O oboe, elsewhere,
Go, weep your song, O oboe, elsewhere.

I am a moonless moon, adrift,
My parting bare, a bride I am,
I am a moonless moon, adrift,
My parting bare, a bride I am,
Who has witnessed my languid sighs?
Go, weep your song, O oboe, elsewhere,
Go, weep your song, O oboe, elsewhere,
Now only I and my solitude,
Go, weep your song, O oboe, elsewhere.