khwaabo me the aansu chhupe
pata hi na tha hume
raaho me the kaante bichhe
pata hi na tha hume
kuch bhi hume hasil nahi
hai reh gayi manzil kahi
hairan hai dil, kis baat ki ye hai saza
rone lagi hai ab dua
khud se hua hai bepata
ae rab mere mujhko zara tu ye bata

kyu hua, kyu hua waqt humse khafa
ishq se dil juda kyun hua, kyun hua
is gham ki wajah kisko puchhe yaha
kyu hua, kyu hua rab bhi bezuba

hotho pe hai rakhi
lamha lamha shikayate shikayate

saaya bhi ye roye, tanha humko dekh ke
zindagi khaali ho gayi, khoya aise humsafar
ye oye o kyu hua, kyu hua
rab bhi bezubaan

In dreams, tears were concealed,
We knew it not, concealed.
On paths, thorns were strewn,
We knew it not, we'd swoon.
Nothing was ours to keep,
Lost, the destination, deep.
The heart bewildered, what punishment's this?
Now, the prayer begins to weep,
Lost to myself, I softly sleep.
My Lord, oh, tell me, please, appease.

What happened? What happened? Time, it scorns,
From love, the heart, why torn, why torn?
To whom, this sorrow, now to mourn?
What happened? What happened? God, forlorn.

On lips, complaints linger long,
Moment by moment, in a throng.
Even shadows weep, seeing us alone,
Life has become so empty, a companion flown.
Oh, what happened, what happened, what is this pain?
God, too, is silent, in this mournful rain.