pucho na kaise maine rain bitai
pucho na kaise maine rain bitai
ik pal jaise, ik yug beeta
ik pal jaise, ik yug beeta
yug bite mohe nind na aayi
pucho na kaise maine rain bitai

ik jale deepak ik man mera
phir bhi najaye ghar ka andhera
ik jale deepak ik man mera
man mera ha mera
ik jale deepak ik man mera
phir bhi najaye ghar ka andhera
tadpat tarsat umar gawayi
pucho na kaise maine rain bitai

na kahi chanda, na kahi tare
jyot ke pyase mere, nain bichare
na kahi chanda, na kahi tare
jyot ke pyase mere, nain bichare
bhor bhi aas ki kiran na laayi
pucho na kaise maine rain bitai
pucho na kaise maine rain bitai

Ask not how I spent the night,
A moment stretched, an age in flight - two times.
Ages passed, sleep fled my sight,
Ask not how...

(No moon above, nor stars to gleam,
My eyes, they thirst for light's bright beam) - two times.
Dawn's ray of hope, a distant dream,
Ask not how...

A lamp ablaze, my heart alight,
My heart, my heart...
A lamp ablaze, my heart alight,
Yet shadows cling, and dim the night.
Longing, yearning, life gone by,
Ask not how...