likhane wale ne likh dale
likhane wale ne likh dale, milne ke saath nichode
assa hunn tur jaan aaye din reh gaye thode
assa hunn tur jaan aaye din reh gaye thode
likhane wale ne likh dale milne ke saath nichode
assa hunn tur jaan aaye din reh gaye thode
assa hunn tur jaan aaye din reh gaye thode

mushkil hai iss shehar se jaana
mushkil hai iss shehar se jaana, phir jaane kab hoga aana
yaad na aana bhul na jaana
yaad na aana bhul na jaana, yeh dil kaisa hai deewana
chaar dino mein isne kitne rishte naate jode
assa hunn tur jaan aaye din reh gaye thode
assa hunn tur jaan aaye din reh gaye thode

milna bichadna reet yahi hai
milna bichadna reet yahi hai, haar yahi hai jeet yahi hai
pyar yahi hai preet yahi hai, mera aakhiri geet yahi hai
iss bairan birha ne jaane kitno ke dil tode
assa hunn tur jaan aaye din reh gaye thode
assa hunn tur jaan aaye din reh gaye thode

duniya ke dastur hai aaise, duniya ke dastur hai aaise
saare bandhan sapanon jaise, dil gam seh lete hai waise
koi aansu roke kaise jab beti doli mein baithe
ho jab beti doli mein baithe, baabul ka ghar chhod e
assa hunn tur jaan aaye din reh gaye thode
assa hunn tur jaan aaye din reh gaye thode
assa hunn tur jaan aaye din reh gaye thode
assa hunn tur jaan aaye din reh gaye thode

The Scribe has written down,
With meeting, he has wrung us dry,
We must depart, days dwindle now,
We must depart, days dwindle now,
The Scribe has written down,
With meeting, he has wrung us dry,
We must depart, days dwindle now,
We must depart, days dwindle now.

Difficult it is to leave this town,
Difficult it is to leave this town,
And when will we return, be found?
Do not remember, do not forget,
How wild this heart, a tangled net,
In fleeting days, it bound us close,
We must depart, days dwindle now,
We must depart, days dwindle now.

To meet, to part, this is the way,
To meet, to part, this is the way,
In defeat, the victory lay,
Love is this, and this the prayer,
This, my final song, despair,
This cruel separation, it has torn,
So many hearts, forever worn,
We must depart, days dwindle now,
We must depart, days dwindle now.

The world's decree, it is so,
The world's decree, it is so,
All bonds, like dreams, will go,
Hearts bear sorrow, as they must,
How can one hold back the dust,
When a daughter, in a palanquin,
Leaves her father's house within?
We must depart, days dwindle now,
We must depart, days dwindle now,
We must depart, days dwindle now,
We must depart, days dwindle now.