dam todte hai arman
dam todte hai arman roti hai hasrate
is dil ke virane me haye is dil ke virane me

jo jalta hai shama par mai yuhi jal raha hu
hai farq sirf itna mujhme parwane me
haye mujhme parwane me, dam todte hai arman
dam todte hai arman roti hai hasrate
is dil ke virane me haye is dil ke virane me

duniya se kya shikayat or unse gila kya
takdir meri razi ban ban ke bigadne me
haye ban ban ke bigadne me
dam todte hai arman
dam todte hai arman roti hai hasrate
is dil ke virane me haye is dil ke virane me

humne kasam nibhali par bewafa wo nikle
aankho ne khaye dhokha dil ke lagane me
haye is dil ke lagane me dam todte hai arman
dam todte hai arman roti hai hasrate
is dil ke virane me haye is dil ke virane me

Desires expire,
Hopes weep their final breath,
In the wilderness of this heart, oh, in this heart's waste.

The candle burns, a beacon bright,
I too am consumed, in the same plight,
The moth and I, share but a form,
Desires expire,
Hopes weep their final breath,
In the wilderness of this heart, oh, in this heart's waste.

Why lament the world, or harbor grievance?
My fate finds solace in unraveling, in undoing,
Oh, in constant undoing.
Desires expire,
Hopes weep their final breath,
In the wilderness of this heart, oh, in this heart's waste.

I kept my vow, faithful and true,
Yet faithless they proved, their love untrue,
My eyes deceived, in the game of the heart's yearning,
Oh, in the heart's longing,
Desires expire,
Hopes weep their final breath,
In the wilderness of this heart, oh, in this heart's waste.