jab meri yaad sataye to mujhe khat likhna
jab meri yaad sataye to mujhe khat likhna
tumko jab nind na aaye to mujhe khat likhna
jab meri yaad sataye to mujhe khat likhna

gile ped ki ghani chhanw meim hasta sawan
pyasi dharti mein samaane ko tarsta sawan
raat bhar chat pe lagatar barsta sawan
dil me jab aag lagaye to
dil me jab aag lagaye to mujhe khat likhna
tumko jab nind na aaye to mujhe khat likhna

jab khadak uthe kisi sakh pe patta koi
gudgudaye tumhe dekha huaa nanha koi
jab meri yaad ka bechain papiha koi
ji ko reh reh ke jalaye to
ji ko reh reh ke jalaye to mujhe khat likhna
tumko jab nind na aaye to mujhe khat likhna

jab nigaho ke liye koi najara na rehe
chand chhup jaye gagan par koi tara na rahe
bhare sansar mein jab koi sahara na rehe
log ho jaye paraye to
log ho jaye paraye to mujhe khat likhna
tumko jab nind na aaye to mujhe khat likhna
jab meri yaad sataye to mujhe khat likhna

When my memory haunts, then write to me,
When my memory haunts, then write to me,
If sleep deserts you, write to me, eternally,
When my memory haunts, then write to me.

Beneath the boughs, the laughter of the rain,
A thirsty earth, longing for the pain,
All night the sky weeps, a persistent strain,
When the heart ignites, then
When the heart ignites, then write to me,
If sleep deserts you, write to me, eternally.

When a leaf stirs on a trembling bough,
When a cherished face you now avow,
When a restless cuckoo mourns somehow,
If the soul is burned, then
If the soul is burned, then write to me,
If sleep deserts you, write to me, eternally.

When sight offers no solace to the eye,
When moon conceals, and stars drift by,
In a crowded world, no shoulder nigh,
When all seem strangers, then
When all seem strangers, then write to me,
If sleep deserts you, write to me, eternally,
When my memory haunts, then write to me.