aaj kyu aankh bhar aayi
aaj kyu teri yaad aayi, teri yaad aayi
aaj kyu teri yaad aayi, teri yaad aayi

apne hatho ki lakiro se tera naam mita ke
tere chehre ko apne dil ke aaiyne se hata ke
aaj kyu aankh bhar aayi
aaj kyu teri yaad aayi, teri yaad aayi

tu har ghadi har din mere sath rahta hai
kahta ahi pagalpan pyar aisa hota hai
sham aayi dard layi
aaj kyu aankh bhar aayi
aaj kyu teri yaad aayi, teri yaad aayi

mere aansu tumko kabhi diwana sa karte the
wo bhi din the jab tum dhadkan me rahte the
sah na paye ye judai
aaj kyu aankh bhar aayi
aaj kyu teri yaad aayi, teri yaad aayi

rahte ho tum yahi mere pass nahi aate ho
mujhe jaankar bhi tum anja se gujar jate ho
laut aayi ye tanhayi
aaj kyu aankh bhar aayi
aaj kyu teri yaad aayi, teri yaad aayi
teri yaad aayi

Why does the eye brim now?
Why does your memory return, your memory return?
Why does your memory return, your memory return?
Erasing your name from the lines of my own hands,
Wiping your face from the mirror of my heart,
Why does the eye brim now?
Why does your memory return, your memory return?

You dwell with me each hour, each day,
Saying madness is how love plays,
Evening arrives, bringing pain,
Why does the eye brim now?
Why does your memory return, your memory return?

My tears once drove you to distraction,
Those days, you lived within my heartbeat's action,
This separation, I cannot sustain,
Why does the eye brim now?
Why does your memory return, your memory return?

You are here, yet you do not come near,
Knowing me, you pass by, unclear,
Loneliness returns again,
Why does the eye brim now?
Why does your memory return, your memory return?
Your memory returns.