kash ek ba kabhi neend se uthkar tum bhi
hizar ki raat mein kya hota hai
kash ek bar
raat chup chap dabi paanw chali jati hain
raat khamosh hai roti bhi nahi hansti bhi nahi
kash ek bar

kaanch ka nila se gumbad hai uda jata hai
khali kui koi bajra sa baha jata hai
hizar ki raat mein ye dekho kya hota hai
kash ek bar

chand ki kiran mein wo roz kaale sam bhi nahi
chand ki chikani gali hai ke khuli jati hai
aur sannaton ki ik dhul udi jati hai
kash ek bar
kash ek ba kabhi neend se uthkar tum bhi
hizar ki raat mein kya hota hai
kash ek bar

If only once you'd rise from sleep, and see,
the heart of absence, what it truly means.
If only once,

The night departs on silent, stealthy feet,
the night is hushed, it neither weeps nor smiles,
If only once.

A glass-like dome of azure lifts and flies,
an empty barge adrift, and swept away.
In separation's night, observe what comes.
If only once.

The moon's soft ray, it gathers shadows deep,
the moon's smooth lane, it opens up and wide.
And silence, dust, in swirling currents rise.
If only once,
If only once you'd rise from sleep, and see,
the heart of absence, what it truly means.
If only once.