pite pite kabhi-kabhi yu jaam badal jaate hai
pite pite kabhi-kabhi yu jaam badal jaate hai
jaam badal jaate hai, jaam badal jaate hai
are kaam badal jaate hai
logo ke naam badal jaate hai
logo ke naam badal jaate hai
pite pite kabhi-kabhi yu jaam badal jaate hai

ye parwana-e-shama, mehman hai ik raat kaa
ye parwana-e-shama, mehman hai ik raat kaa
dil ki baate chhed du, dar hai bas is baat ka
yaha se waha tak jaane me, waha se yaha tak aane me
log ye kahte hai ji, log ye kahte hai ji
band lifaafe me bhi, dil ke paigaam badal jaate hai
pite pite
pite pite kabhi-kabhi yu jaam badal jaate hai

do rukh har tasvir ke, hairaan hu mai dekh ke
hairaan hu mai dekh ke
hai ik chehra aur bhi, chehre pe har ek ke
chehre pe har ek ke
najar ko najar jo aata hai, faribi-nazar kahlata hai
nind ke ik jhoke se, nind ke ik jhoke se
aankh ke is dhokhe se raam aur shaam badal jaate hai
pite pite
pite pite kabhi-kabhi yu jaam badal jaate hai
jaam badal jaate hai, are kaam badal jaate hai
logo ke naam badal jaate hai
pite pite kabhi-kabhi yu jaam badal jaate hai
pite pite kabhi-kabhi yu jaam badal jaate hai
pite pite kabhi-kabhi yu jaam badal jaate hai

As we drink, at times, the cups transform,
As we drink, at times, the cups transform,
Cups transform, ah, the cups transform,
And the tasks, they shift and turn,
And the names of men, they also burn,
The names of men, they also burn,
As we drink, at times, the cups transform.

This moth to the flame, a guest for a single night,
This moth to the flame, a guest for a single night,
If I speak the heart's true plight, I fear only this:
From here to there, and back again,
They whisper, these people, they whisper and say,
Even in sealed envelopes, the heart's messages fray,
As we drink…
As we drink, at times, the cups transform.

Two faces on every portrait, I'm bewildered to see,
I'm bewildered to see,
There is another face, on each face for me,
On each face for me,
What the eye beholds, is called deceptive sight,
By a fleeting slumber, by a fleeting slumber,
By this illusion of the eye, day and night take flight,
As we drink…
As we drink, at times, the cups transform,
Cups transform, ah, the tasks they shift and turn,
And the names of men, they also burn,
As we drink, at times, the cups transform,
As we drink, at times, the cups transform,
As we drink, at times, the cups transform.