o saaware o saaware
khushiya gayi sang tere
khushiya gayi sang tere
khushiya gayi sang tere
khushiya gayi sang tere
lage ab khaali khaali se kooche
dikhe bas soona soona sa aangan
soona sa mann ka gaon re
o saware o saware
khushiya gayi sang tere
khushiya gayi sang tere

tukdo mein karke jahan
aadha to tu sang le gaya
kaato ki reh gayi kiaryia
gulshan to tu sang le gaya
aadha aadha jahan lage
aadhi aadhi subah lage
aadhi adhoori shaam rahe
o saware o saware
khushiya gayi sang tere
khushiya gayi sang tere
khushiya gayi sang tere
khushiya gayi sang tere

seedhi hawaye udh gayi
barish ke mausam beh gaye
kashti patango wale din
tu jo gaya to sab gaye
odh taaro ki chadre
soye rahe aakh na jage
pankh lagaye khwabo ke
o saware o saware
khushiya gayi sang tere
khushiya gayi sang tere

ab bhi aangan mahal jaga
ab bhi kacchi hai yeh zameen
aake koi ghar bana
aaja hum khele phir kahi
uthe mann mein hog si
kyu aaye na tu kabhi
mausam ye aaye jaaye
o saware o saware
khushiya gayi sang tere
khushiya gayi sang tere

O, Dark One, O, Dark One,
Joy departed with your stride,
Joy departed with your stride,
Joy departed with your stride,
Joy departed with your stride.
Now the lanes feel hollow, bare,
And the courtyards, silence wear,
My heart's village, desolate.
O, Dark One, O, Dark One,
Joy departed with your stride.
Joy departed with your stride.

Shattered is this world of ours,
Half of it you took away,
Thorns remain where roses bloomed,
You, the garden, swept away.
Now the world feels incomplete,
Half-formed dawns begin to gleam,
Evenings linger, half-defined.
O, Dark One, O, Dark One,
Joy departed with your stride,
Joy departed with your stride,
Joy departed with your stride,
Joy departed with your stride.

Straight winds have flown afar,
Rainy seasons, washed away,
The days of kites and sailing boats,
All vanished on your day.
We are draped in starlit veils,
Eyes are closed, they never wake,
Dreams have lost their feathered flight.
O, Dark One, O, Dark One,
Joy departed with your stride,
Joy departed with your stride.

Still, the courtyard, palace waits,
Still, the earth is soft and new,
Come, build a home within this space,
Come, let us play as we used to do.
Longing rises in my soul,
Why do you never come to stay?
Seasons shift, and come, and go…
O, Dark One, O, Dark One,
Joy departed with your stride,
Joy departed with your stride.