kyu bichhad gaye kyu bichhad gaye
kyu bichhad gaye jivansathi
bichhad gaye jivansathi
bichhad gaye jivansathi bichhad gaye
sang sang dole sang has dole
sang sang dole sang has dole
ban ban gati umang chhid gaye
kyu bichhad gaye

janam janam ka sath hamara
janam janam ka
janam janam ka sath hamara
kyu chhod a kyu bichhad gaye
man ke pankh laga kar maina
man ke pankh laga kar maina
khoj me teri ud gaye
khoj me teri ud gaye
kyu bichhad gaye bichhad gaye jivansathi
bichhad gaye jivansathi bichhad gaye
sang sang dole sang has dole
sang sang dole sang has dole
ban ban gati umang chid gaye
kyu bichhad gaye

ro ro ban kar bhatke
ro ro ban kar bhatke
neele gagan ko ghan ko puchaa
ghan ko pucha
neele gagan ko ghan ko pucha
mansarovar jad ko tum rani
mansarovar jad ko tum rani
piya bin tare vikat bhaye
chand thir gaye chand thir gaye

Why did you depart, why did you depart?
Why, my life's companion?
Departed, my life's companion.
Departed, my life's companion, departed.
Together we wandered, together we laughed,
Together we wandered, together we laughed.
Joyful currents, through forests, have dissipated.
Why did you depart?

Birth after birth, our bond entwined,
Birth after birth.
Birth after birth, our bond entwined,
Why did you leave, why did you depart?
My heart, a bird with wings,
My heart, a bird with wings,
Took flight, searching for you.
Searching for you, it flew away.
Why did you depart, why did you depart, my life's companion?
Departed, my life's companion, departed.
Together we wandered, together we laughed,
Together we wandered, together we laughed.
Joyful currents, through forests, have dissipated.
Why did you depart?

Weeping, I wander, lost,
Weeping, I wander, lost.
I questioned the blue sky, the clouds,
I questioned the clouds.
I questioned the blue sky, the clouds.
You, the queen, in the lake of consciousness,
You, the queen, in the lake of consciousness.
Without my beloved, the stars are cold.
The moon, it stills, the moon, it stills.