chand ki katori hai raat ye chatori hai
chand ki katori hai raat ye chatori hai
saare taare ik taraf
ho sare tare ik taraf
zindagi batori batori hai
chand ki katori hai raat ye chatori hai

rishte cheene mal mal ke
hoo rishte cheene mal mal ke
thand me thithur ke
sikhud ke bikhar jate hai
mohabbat ka sweater kiske liye bunte hai
sare tare ik taraf
zindagi batori batori hai
chand ki katori hai raat ye chatori hai

khwab ye khwab ye
rozana ki baarish me gal jaate hai
gareebi ke maare hum
hatho ka chhata banate hai
sare tare ik taraf
ho sare tare ik taraf
zindagi batori batori hai
chand ki katori hai raat ye chatori hai

The moon, a silver bowl, the night, a sly thief,
The moon, a silver bowl, the night, a sly thief,
All stars align, a distant gleam,
Oh, all stars in their singular dream,
Life is gathered, gathered, in brief.
The moon, a silver bowl, the night, a sly thief.

Relationships, wrung thin,
Oh, relationships, washed and thinned,
Shivering in the cold, they shrink and fade,
Whom do we knit love's sweater, a warmth to be made?
All stars align, a distant gleam,
Oh, all stars in their singular dream,
Life is gathered, gathered, in brief.
The moon, a silver bowl, the night, a sly thief.

Dreams, these dreams,
Drenched by the daily rains, they decompose,
Poor, we are, and worn,
We make our hands a shelter, for the woes.
All stars align, a distant gleam,
Oh, all stars in their singular dream,
Life is gathered, gathered, in brief.
The moon, a silver bowl, the night, a sly thief.