hum to hai pardes me desh me nikla hoga chand
hum to hai pardes me desh me nikla hoga chand
apni rat ki chat par kitna tanha hoga chand ho
hum to hai pardes me desh me nikla hoga chand

jin aankho ne kajal ban kar tairi kali rat ho
un aankho me aasu ka ek katra hoga chand ho
hum to hai pardes me desh me nikla hoga chand

rat ne aisa pech lagaya tuti hath se dor ho
aangan wale neem me jakar atka hoga chand ho
hum to hai pardes me desh me nikla hoga chand

chand bina har din yu bita jaise yug bite ho
mere bina kis hal me hoga kaisa hoga chand ho
hum to hai pardes me desh me nikla hoga chand
apni rat ki chat par kitna tanha hoga chand ho
hum to hai pardes me desh me nikla hoga chand ho

Across lands I roam, in my homeland, the moon must rise,
Across lands I roam, in my homeland, the moon must rise.
On its nocturnal roof, how lonely it must be,
Across lands I roam, in my homeland, the moon must rise.

Those eyes that bore kohl, through the darkest night's reign,
In those very eyes, a tear, a single drop, must gleam.
Across lands I roam, in my homeland, the moon must rise.

Night has spun a snare, the thread snapped from my hand,
Lost within the neem tree, in the courtyard, the moon must be caught.
Across lands I roam, in my homeland, the moon must rise.

Each day without the moon, an age it now seems,
Without me, in what state, how will the moon have been?
Across lands I roam, in my homeland, the moon must rise,
On its nocturnal roof, how lonely it must be,
Across lands I roam, in my homeland, the moon must rise.