kaise jaye guzari
beete raat na bhaari
kaise jaye guzari
beete raat na bhaari
ab to aaja ri aaja aa
neendiya pyaari
kaise jaye guzari
beete raat na bhaari
ab to aaja ri aaja aa
neendiya pyaari

khwab ude hain banke chiraiya
kaat rahi hain bairi tataiyaan
sau tufaan mein uljha ye man
pal pal karta haa haa daiyan
dukhati aankho ko de raahat
sunle humari aaja ri aaja aa
neendiya pyaari

hone ko hain subah suhaani
badalenge jivan ke maani
karvat lengi phir nayi khushiyan
mit jaayegi peer puraani
par ye mushkil waqt de
par phere hain aari
aaja ri aaja aa neendiyan pyaari

kaise jaye guzari
beete raat na bhaari
ab to aaja ri aaja aa
neendiya pyaari

How shall I spend this night,
when shadows hold me tight?
How shall I spend this night,
with burdens of the night?
Come now, Oh, come, Oh, come,
sweet slumber, take your flight.
How shall I spend this night,
when shadows hold me tight?
Come now, Oh, come, Oh, come,
sweet slumber, take your flight.

Dreams take wing, like birds in air,
stung by wasps of dark despair.
In a hundred storms, my spirit lost,
cries out in a constant prayer.
Grant my weary eyes some ease,
hear my plea, come, Oh, come,
sweet slumber, if you please.

Dawn approaches, gentle, fair,
life's meanings will repair.
New joys will turn, a hopeful sign,
old grief will disappear from there.
But this hard time, it holds tight,
it has a saw to cut,
come, Oh, come, sweet slumber, of light.

How shall I spend this night,
when shadows hold me tight?
Come now, Oh, come, Oh, come,
sweet slumber, take your flight.