pite pite kabhi kabhi yu jam badal jate hai
pite pite kabhi kabhi yu jam badal jate hai
jam badal jate hai, jam badal jate hai
are kam badal jate hai
logo ke nam badal jate hai
logo ke nam badal jate hai
pite pite kabhi kabhi yu jam badal jate hai

ye parwana ae shama mahman hai ek rat kaa
ye parwana ae shama mahman hai ek rat kaa
dil ki bate chhed du agar hai bas ek bat kaa
yaha se waha tak jane mein, waha se yaha tak aane mein
log ye kehte hai ji, log ye kehte hai jee
band liphape mein bhi dil ke paigam badal jate hai
pite pite pite pite kabhi kabhi yu jam badal jate hai

do rukh har tasvir ke haira hu main dekh ke
do rukh har tasvir ke haira hu main dekh ke
hai ek chehara aur bhi chehare pe har ek ke
najar ko najar jo aata hai, farebi najar kehlata hai
nind ke ek jhonke se, nind ke ek jhonke se
aankh ke ek dhokhe se ram aur sham badal jate hai
pite pite kabhi kabhi yu jam badal jate hai
pite pite kabhi kabhi yu jam badal jate hai
pite pite kabhi kabhi yu jam badal jate hai

With each draught, the chalice sometimes shifts its hue,
With each draught, the chalice sometimes shifts its hue,
The chalices transmute, the chalices transmute.
Ah, even destinies shift,
And the names of people,
The names of people, they shift.
With each draught, the chalice sometimes shifts its hue.

These moths around the flame, guests for a single night,
These moths around the flame, guests for a single night,
If I stir the heart's own whispers, it’s a single plight.
From here to there, in passage, from there to here, return,
People say, alas, people say, alas:
Within sealed envelopes, hearts' messages change,
With each draught, the chalice sometimes shifts its hue.

Two facets in each portrait, I’m bewildered by the sight,
Two facets in each portrait, I’m bewildered by the sight,
A single face, yet on each face, another light.
What the eye perceives, is called deceptive sight,
By a mere flutter of sleep, by a mere flutter of sleep,
By a single blink of an eye, the day and night shift,
With each draught, the chalice sometimes shifts its hue.
With each draught, the chalice sometimes shifts its hue.
With each draught, the chalice sometimes shifts its hue.