nahi aaye nahi aaye o mere suna jiwanpan
neelkanth nahi aaye o neelkanth nahi aaye
re more tan man bhadke jaye neelkanth nahi aaye
o neelkanth nahi aaye

aag lagi hai andar me ankhiyan me barsat
ankhiyan me barsat dars ko naina taras rahe hai
khojat hai din rat bahte aansu ganga bane
par gangadhar nahi aaye ho neelkanth nahi aaye
ho neelkanth nahi aaye

kya hai sukhe ye warmala kya hai jhuthe tar
kya hota tujhse vishambhar duje pita saman
duje pita saman aao na tarsao
paritam kahe der lagaye kahe der lagaye
o mere suna jiwan pan neelkanth nahi aaye
o neelkanth nahi aaye re more tan man bhadke jaye
neel kanth nahi aaye o neel kanth nahi aaye

They came not, they came not, oh, my desolate life's expanse,
Neelkanth came not, oh, Neelkanth came not.
My body and soul are ablaze, Neelkanth came not,
Oh, Neelkanth came not.

Fire rages within, in my eyes a deluge,
My eyes, a monsoon, yearning for a vision.
Searching day and night, tears become a flowing Ganga,
Yet, Gangadhar came not, oh, Neelkanth came not,
Oh, Neelkanth came not.

What are these withered garlands, what are these false threads?
What is it to you, Vishwambhar, the second father?
The second father, come, do not torment me,
Beloved, why the delay, why the delay?
Oh, my desolate life's expanse, Neelkanth came not,
Oh, Neelkanth came not. My body and soul are ablaze,
Neelkanth came not, oh, Neelkanth came not.