e teri husn se lipti hui alam ki gard
apni do roj jawani ki shiksto ka shumar
chandni raato ka bekar dahakta hua dard
dil ki besud tadap jism ki maayus pukar
chand roz aur meri jaan fakat chand hi roz
chand roz aur meri jaan fakat chand hi roz
julm ki chhav me dum lene pe majhbur hai hum
julm ki chhav me dum lene pe majhbur hai hum
ek jara aur sitam seh le, tadap le role le
ek jara aur sitam seh le, tadap le role le
apne ajdad ki miras hai, mazur hai
apne ajdad ki miras hai, mazur hai
chand roz aur meri jaan fakat chand hi roz
chand roz aur meri jaan fakat chand hi roz

jism par kaid hai, jazbat pe janjire hai
jism par kaid hai, jazbat pe janjire hai
fikr mehbus hai, guftar pe tazire hai
fikr mahbus hai, guftar pe tazire hai
aur apni himmat hai ki hum fir bhi jeeye jate hai
zindagi kya kisi muflis ki kaba hai
jisme har ghadi dard ke pehband lage jate hai
zindagi kya kisi muflis ki kaba hai
jisme har ghadi dard ke pehband lage jate hai
chand roz aur meri jaan fakat chand hi roz
chand roz aur meri jaan fakat chand hi roz

lekin ab julm ki miyad ke din thode hai
lekin ab julm ki miyad ke din thode hai
ik jara sabr ke faryad ke din thode hai
ik jara sabr ke faryad ke din thode hai
arsa ye dehar ki jhulsi hui virani me
humko rehna hai par yuhi to nahi rehna hai
arsa ye dehar ki jhulsi hui virani me
humko rehna hai par yuhi to nahi rehna hai
ajnabi haatho ka benam karabar sitam
aaj sehna hai hamesha to nahi sehna
ajnabi haatho ka benam karabar sitam
aaj sehna hai hamesha to nahi sehna
chand roz aur meri jaan fakat chand hi roz
chand roz aur meri jaan fakat chand hi roz

ye teri husn se lipti hui alam ki gard
apni do roj jawani ki shiksto ka shumar
chandni raato ka bekar dhehakta hua dard
dil ki besud tadap jism ki maayus pukar
chand roz aur meri jaan fakat chand hi roz
chand roz aur meri jaan fakat chand hi roz

The world's dust, clinging to your beauty's guise,
A reckoning of youth's fleeting, fragile fall.
The moonlit nights, a burning, useless ache,
The heart's numb plea, the body's weary call.
A few more days, my love, a fleeting span,
A few more days, my love, a fleeting span.

Beneath oppression's shade, we're forced to breathe,
Beneath oppression's shade, we're forced to breathe.
Endure a while, bear the pain, weep your tears,
Endure a while, bear the pain, weep your tears.
This is our legacy, inherited plight,
This is our legacy, inherited plight.
A few more days, my love, a fleeting span,
A few more days, my love, a fleeting span.

The body, a prison, emotions chained,
The body, a prison, emotions chained.
Thought, a captive, speech is punished, bound,
Thought, a captive, speech is punished, bound.
And still, our courage breathes, we somehow live,
And still, our courage breathes, we somehow live.
Life, a beggar's cloak, threadbare and torn,
Life, a beggar's cloak, threadbare and torn.
Where every hour, pain's patches are sewn,
Where every hour, pain's patches are sewn.
A few more days, my love, a fleeting span,
A few more days, my love, a fleeting span.

But now, oppression's reign nears its end,
But now, oppression's reign nears its end.
A little patience, lamentations cease,
A little patience, lamentations cease.
Within this scorched, deserted, barren space,
Within this scorched, deserted, barren space,
We must endure, but not forever stay.
We must endure, but not forever stay.
The nameless cruelty of alien hands,
The nameless cruelty of alien hands,
We bear today, but not eternally.
We bear today, but not eternally.
A few more days, my love, a fleeting span,
A few more days, my love, a fleeting span.

The world's dust, clinging to your beauty's guise,
A reckoning of youth's fleeting, fragile fall.
The moonlit nights, a burning, useless ache,
The heart's numb plea, the body's weary call.
A few more days, my love, a fleeting span,
A few more days, my love, a fleeting span.