o phirki wali tu kal phir aana
nahi phir jaana tu apni jubaan se
ke teri naina hai sharaab beimaan se
o matwali yeh dil kyun toda
yeh tir kaahe chhod a najar ki kamaan se
ke mar jaayunga main bas muskaan se

pehle bhi tune ek roj yeh kaha tha
pehle bhi tune ek roj yeh kaha tha aaungi, tu na aayi
wada kiya tha saiya banke badariya chhaungi, tu na chayi
mere pyase, mere pyase naina tarse tu nikli na ghar se
kaise beeti woh raat suhaani, tu sun le kahani
yeh saare jahaan se
ke teri naina hai sharaab beimaan se
o phirki wali tu kal phir aana
nahi phir jaana tu apni jubaan se
ke teri naina hai sharaab beimaan se

socha tha maine kisi roj gori haske
socha tha maine kisi roj gori haske bolegi, tu na boli
meri mohabbat bhari baate sun sunke dolegi, tu na doli
o sapno me, o sapno me aanewaali ruk ja jaanewali
kiya tune mera dil chori
yeh puchh le gori jamin aasmaan se
ke teri naina hai sharaab beimaan se
o phirki wali tu kal phir aana
nahi phir jaana tu apni jubaan se
ke teri naina hai sharaab beimaan se
ke teri naina hai sharaab beimaan se

Oh, the twirler, return tomorrow,
Do not stray from your word,
For your eyes are a shade faithless.
Oh, the intoxicated, why did you break my heart?
Why did you launch this arrow from the bow of your gaze?
For I shall perish from a mere smile.

Before too, you had once uttered this,
Before too, you had once uttered this, "I shall come," yet you did not arrive.
You promised, "I shall come like a cloud," yet you never graced me.
My thirsty, my thirsty eyes yearn, but you never left your home.
How that sweet night passed, listen to the tale,
From all the world,
For your eyes are a shade faithless.
Oh, the twirler, return tomorrow,
Do not stray from your word,
For your eyes are a shade faithless.

I had thought one day, fair one, smiling,
I had thought one day, fair one, smiling, you would speak, but you remained silent.
Hearing my words of love, you would sway, but you did not.
Oh, in dreams, oh, coming in dreams, stop, departing one,
You stole my heart,
Ask this, fair one, from the earth and the sky,
For your eyes are a shade faithless.
Oh, the twirler, return tomorrow,
Do not stray from your word,
For your eyes are a shade faithless.
For your eyes are a shade faithless.