baadalo ki palaki me chand ki aayi barat
ho rahi hai sej par taaro ki dulhan ban ke raat

dil hai bekarar kyon machale bar bar kyon
raat ashkabar kyon
pyar na mila hoga
o pyar na mila hoga

mil saka na pyar kyon
dil pe gham kaa bar kyon
hay intajar kyon
diladar na mila hoga
o diladar na mila hoga

diladar toh mil hi jata hai
par dil ko lagata koyi nahi
diladar toh mil hi jata hai
chhup jate hain sab deke sada
par aankh milata koyi nahi
chhup jate hain sab deke sada
husn bekarar kyon ishq se bedar kyon
dard ka shikar kyon
karar na mila hoga
o karar na mila hoga

In a palanquin of clouds, the moon's procession arrives,
Night, a bride of stars, upon her silken bed survives.

Why this restless heart, that constantly does ache?
Why this tear-stained night, for what sorrow's sake?
Love was not found, they say,
Oh, love was not found that day.

Why could love not be embraced?
Why this burden on the heart, this grief we trace?
Why this endless wait, this longing's plight?
The beloved was not found, in the shadows of the night,
Oh, the beloved was not found, lost to fading light.

The beloved, they always can be found,
But none to bind the heart, no solace around.
The beloved, they always come to be,
But from the whispers of longing, they flee,
The eyes avert, leaving only the plea.
From the whispers of longing, they flee.
Why this beauty restless, from love's embrace withdrawn?
Why the victim of pain, since the dawn?
Tranquility was not found, it seems,
Oh, tranquility was not found, in broken dreams.