rukh se parda utha de jara sakiya
bas abhi range mahfil badal jayega
rukh se parda utha de jara sakiya
bas abhi range mahfil badal jayega
hai jo behosh vo hosh me aayega
girne vala hai jo vo sambhal jayega
rukh se parda utha de

tum taslli na do sirf baithe raho
vakt kuchh mere marne ka tal jayega
kya ye kam hai masiha ke rahne hi se
mout ka bhi irada badal jayega
rukh se parda utha de

tir ki ja hai dil dil ki ja tir hai
tir ko na yu khinchi kaha man lo
tir ki ja hai dil dil ki ja tir hai
tir ko na yu khinchi kaha man lo
tir khincha to dil bhi nikal jayega
dil jo nikla to dam bhi nikal jayega
rukh se parda utha de

iske hansane me rone ka andaj hai
khak udane me fariyad ka raaj hai
isko chhedo na anvar khuda ke liye
barna bimar ka dam nikal jayega
rukh se parda utha de jara sakiya
bas abhi range mahfil badal jayega
hai jo behosh vo hosh me aayega
girne vala hai jo vo sambhal jayega
rukh se parda utha de

Unveil, O Saki, just a glimmer, a glance,
The hues of the gathering will shift, transfix.
Unveil, O Saki, a moment's expanse,
The hues of the gathering will soon remix.
The one in stupor, awake he'll arise,
The faltering soul, its footing will fix.
Unveil, the curtain, lift your disguise.

Do not comfort, remain, just sit and see,
My dying hour, it might just be swayed.
Is it not grace, that the healer is near me,
Even death’s intent, its course is delayed?
Unveil, the curtain, your mystery.

The arrow's life, the heart it does crave,
The heart's life, the arrow, a bond so deep.
The arrow's life, the heart it does save,
Do not pull the arrow, secrets to keep.
If the arrow's drawn, the heart will depart,
If the heart departs, the breath will then weep.
Unveil, the curtain, tear it apart.

In its laughter, a sorrow concealed,
In dust's whirling, a plea unheard,
Touch it not, Anwar, lest fate be revealed,
Else the sick soul, its life will have blurred.
Unveil, O Saki, your radiant decree,
The hues of the gathering will be stirred.
The one in stupor, his vision will see,
The faltering soul, its strength will be cured.
Unveil, the curtain, eternally.