rulaa ke gayaa sapanaa meraa
baithi hun kab ho saveraa, rulaa

vahi hai gam-e-dil, vahi hai chadaa, taare
haay, vahi ham besahaare
aadhi raat vahi hai, aur har baat vahi hai
phir bhi na aayaa luteraa, rulaa

kaisi ye zindagi, ki saanso se ham, ube
haay, ki dil dubaa ham dube
ek dukhiyaa bechaari, is jivan se haari
us par ye gam kaa andheraa, rulaa

My dream, it wept and then departed,
I sit and wait for dawn to rise, weeping…

The sorrow of the heart remains, the moon, the stars, they stay,
Alas, we, bereft, still sway.
Midnight’s hush, the same old ways,
Yet the thief of joy still stays away, weeping…

What life is this, that we are weary of our breath,
Alas, our hearts are drowned in death.
A forlorn soul, weary of this existence,
Upon her, sorrow's darkness deepens, weeping…