zulmat kade me mere shabe gham ka josh hai
ek shama hai dalil sehar so khamosh hai
neme us dayari salna nazara ae jamal
neme us dayari salna nazara ae jamal
muddat huyi ke aashiqi chashmogosh hai

dage firaak sohbat shab ki jali huyi
dage firaak sohbat shab ki jali huyi
ik shama rah gayi hai so wo bhi khamosh hai
zulmat kade me mere shabe gham ka josh hai

aate hai geb si ye mjaami khayal me
aate hai geb si ye mjaami khayal me
gaalib sharir khamona nawaye sarosh hai
zulmat kade me mere shabe gham ka josh hai
ek shama hai dalil sehar so khamosh hai
zulmat kade me mere

In this darkness, the night of sorrow swells,
A single candle, dawn's silent spell.
Neither the circle's annual display of beauty,
Nor its radiant grace, I feel any more.
For ages, love's eye and ear have grown dim.

The wound of separation, the night's charred trace,
A solitary candle remains, its flame subdued.
In this darkness, the night of sorrow swells.

These forms, unseen, drift in thought's domain,
Ghalib, the body, a silent echo of divine sound.
In this darkness, the night of sorrow swells,
A single candle, dawn's silent spell.
In this darkness...