roshani saayaa-e-zulmaat se aage na badhi
roshani saayaa-e-zulmaat se aage na badhi
zindagi shamaa ki ik raat se aage na badhi
roshani saayaa-e-zulmaat se aage na badhi

apani hasti kaa bhi isaan ko irafaan na huaa
khaak phir khaak thi auqaat se aage na badhi
khaak phir khaak thi auqaat se aage na badhi

dil to aamaadaa-e-fariyaad rahaa unake huzur
aarazu shiddat-e-jazbaat se aage na badhi


zulf bar-dosh wo ik baar to aaye the shakil
phir koi raat bhi us raat se aage na badhi
phir koi raat bhi us raat se aage na badhi
roshani saayaa-e-zulmaat se aage na badhi

Light, it never stepped beyond the shadowed night,
Light, it never stepped beyond the shadowed night,
Life, it never bloomed beyond a candle's plight,
Light, it never stepped beyond the shadowed night.

Man, he never knew his own true, hidden form,
Dust remained just dust, beyond its fated norm,
Dust remained just dust, beyond its fated norm.

Though the heart yearned, pleading at His door,
Desire, it never rose above the core.

She, her tresses draped, once graced the scene,
Then, no other night surpassed that queen,
Then, no other night surpassed that queen,
Light, it never stepped beyond the shadowed night.