kadar tumane na jaani
kadar tumane na jaani biti jaaye jawani
kadar tune na jaani biti jaaye jawani
ho biti jaaye, haan biti jaaye jawani
kadar tumane na jaani biti jaaye jawani
kadar tune na jaani biti jaaye jawani

pyase hai zulfo ke saye
pyase hai zulfo ke saye
kab tak dil me aag chhupaye
kab tak dil me aag chhupaye
jaagi raat ko nid suhaani suhani
kadar tune na jaani biti jaaye jawani
kadar tumane na jaani biti jaaye jawani

tohe man ka mit banaya
tohe man ka mit banaya
patthar se shisha takaraya
patthar se shisha takaraya
maine ki nadaani nadaani nadaani
kadar tune na jaani biti jaaye jawani
kadar tumane na jaani biti jaaye jawani

yun nache ki ghungharu tode
yun nache ki ghungharu tode
mehadi waale haath bhi jode
mehadi waale haath bhi jode
tune ek na maani na maani na maani
kadar tune na jaani biti jaaye jawani
kadar tumane na jaani biti jaaye jawani
ho biti jaaye, haay biti jaaye jawani
kadar tumane na jaani biti jaaye jawani
kadar tune na jaani biti jaaye jawani

You knew not the worth,
the youth slips away.
You knew not the worth,
the youth slips away,
oh, slipping away, yes, slipping away, youth.
You knew not the worth,
the youth slips away.
You knew not the worth,
the youth slips away.

Thirsty are we for the shadows of tresses,
thirsty are we for the shadows of tresses.
How long can the heart conceal its fire?
How long can the heart conceal its fire?
Awake in the night, a sleep so sweet, so sweet.
You knew not the worth,
the youth slips away.
You knew not the worth,
the youth slips away.

You, the soulmate, I fashioned,
you, the soulmate, I fashioned.
Stone against glass, a collision,
stone against glass, a collision.
I, in folly, folly, folly.
You knew not the worth,
the youth slips away.
You knew not the worth,
the youth slips away.

So danced, breaking the anklets,
so danced, breaking the anklets.
Even hennaed hands now folded,
even hennaed hands now folded.
You heeded not, heeded not, heeded not.
You knew not the worth,
the youth slips away.
You knew not the worth,
the youth slips away.
Oh, slipping away, alas, slipping away, youth.
You knew not the worth,
the youth slips away.
You knew not the worth,
the youth slips away.