khwab tha khwab sa ya tha sach koi
dekha jagti aankho ne tha jo
tha bura ya bhala socha hi nahi
mera dil na jane kya tha wo
na wo sathi na wo saya, phir bhi chala sath mere
yado sa wo wado sa wo, din sa dhala sath mere
khwab tha khwab sa ya tha sach koi
dekha jagti aankho ne tha jo
tha bura ya bhala socha hi nahi
mera dil na jane kya tha wo
na wo sathi na wo saya, phir bhi chala sath mere
yado sa wo wado sa wo, din sa dhala sath mere

uski bate tukda tukda maine yado me sambhali hai
janu na kyu
uski yade dhire dhire maine sathi hi bana li hai
janu na kyu
na wo apna na tha sapna, phir bhi chala sath mere
yado sa wo wado sa wo, din sa dhala sath mere

jab ye puche koi uska aur mera kya tha rishta bhala
kya mai kahu
wo begana wo diwana aise mere sath kyu hai chala
kya mai kahu
rahi sa wo mahi sa wo, jo tha chala sath mere
yado sa wo wado sa wo, din sa dhala sath mere

A dream it was, a dream-like guise, or truth unveiled,
That which my waking eyes beheld.
Good or ill, I did not pause to weigh,
My heart, it knew not what it held.
No companion, no shadow cast, yet walked beside me,
Like memories, like promises, day’s descent with me.
A dream it was, a dream-like guise, or truth unveiled,
That which my waking eyes beheld.
Good or ill, I did not pause to weigh,
My heart, it knew not what it held.
No companion, no shadow cast, yet walked beside me,
Like memories, like promises, day’s descent with me.

His words, fragments I've kept within my memory's hold,
I do not know.
His memories, slowly I've made my company,
I do not know.
Not mine, not a dream possessed, yet walked beside me,
Like memories, like promises, day’s descent with me.

When asked of him, of me, what bond did we possess,
What shall I say?
That stranger, that madman, why with me did he progress,
What shall I say?
Like a traveler, like a lover, he who walked beside me,
Like memories, like promises, day’s descent with me.