raat ja rahi hai raat ja rahi hai nind aa rahi hai
raat ja rahi hai palak pankhudi kyu
palak pankhudi kyu mundi ja rahi hai
raat ja rahi hai

so gayi hai champa kali nain mund ke
chandar kiran khel rahi os bund se
sapno ki chanderi ghata cha rahi hai
jan ja rahi hai rat ja rahi hai
soja mere lal soja jagte hai sitare
jagte hai sitare

kahar hue hamare gagan gang kinare
samay dwar re bahki ja rahi hai
rat ja rahi hai nind aa rahi hai
rat ja rahi hai

maa ki mamta soye nahi
soye nahi bhag sham putliyo me
madhur preet rahi jaag
dukh ki rat sukh ki bhor la rahi hai
uthi bhor la rahi hai

Night departs, night departs, slumber descends,
Night descends, why do eyelids droop?
Why do eyelids, like flower petals, close?
Night departs.

The Champak bud has fallen asleep, eyes closed,
Moonbeams play with dewdrops bright,
A silver cloud of dreams descends,
Life knows, night departs.
Sleep, my darling, sleep, the stars awake,
The stars awake.

Our torment echoes on the celestial Ganges' shore,
Time, like a river, flows wildly by,
Night departs, slumber descends,
Night departs.

A mother's love knows no sleep,
No sleep in the fading evening, in pupils of night.
Sweet love remains awake,
This night of sorrow brings the dawn of joy,
Dawn arises, dawns arise.