raat bhar ka hai mehman andhera
kis ke roke ruka hai savera
raat bhar ka hai mehman andhera
kis ke roke ruka hai savera
raat bhar ka hai mehman andhera

aa koi milke takbir soche
sukh se sapno ki tabir soche
jo tera hai wahi gam hai mera
kis se roke ruka hai savera
raat bhar ka hai mehman andhera
kis se roke ruka hai savera

raat jitni bhi sangeen hogi
subaha utni hi rangeen hogi
gam na kar gar hai badal ghanera
kis se roke ruka hai savera
raat bhar ka hai mehman andhera

The dark, a guest for a single night, it seems,
Whose hand can stay the dawn's returning gleams?
A guest for a single night, the dark, it seems.

The night, however grim it may appear,
Will bloom to colors, morning drawing near.
Grieve not, though clouds in heavy shadows stream,
Whose hand can stay the dawn's returning gleam?
A guest for a single night, the dark, it seems.

No complaint upon your lips should reside,
Drink sorrow down, though briefly you abide.
For grief's dark camp is crumbling, it would seem,
Whose hand can stay the dawn's returning gleam?
A guest for a single night, the dark, it seems.

Come, let us think of faith, and let us see,
Of happy dreams and their reality.
Your pain is mine, of this, I hold the dream,
Whose hand can stay the dawn's returning gleam?
A guest for a single night, it seems,
Whose hand can stay the dawn's returning gleams?