o raat ke musaafir chandaa zaraa bataa de
meraa qusur kyaa hai, tu faisalaa sunaa de

hai bhul koi dil ki aankho ki yaa khataa hai
kuchh bhi nahi to phir kyo mujhase koi khafaa hai
mazur hai vo mujhako jo kuchh bhi tu sazaa de
meraa qusur kyaa hai

dil pe kisi ko apane qaabu nahi rahaa hai
ye raaz mere dil se aankho ne hi kahaa hai
aankho ne jo hai dekhaa dil kis tarah bhulaa de
meraa qusur kyaa hai

o chaand aasamaa ke, dam bhar zami pe aajaa
bhulaa huaa hai raahi, tu raastaa dikhaa jaa
bhataki hui hai naiyaa saahil ise dikhaa de
meraa qusur kyaa hai

O traveler of night, O moon, tell me true,
What fault resides in me, decree it through.

A heart's mistake, or error of the eye,
Or neither, then why does someone deny?
I'll bear whatever sentence you may cast,
What fault resides in me, tell me at last.

No one holds their heart within their keep,
My heart confessed this secret in its sleep.
The eyes have seen, how can the heart forget?
What fault resides in me, I can't accept.

O moon of the heavens, descend for a breath,
To guide this lost one, veering towards death.
This wandering vessel, its harbor to see,
What fault resides in me, and set me free.