shaam-e-firaaq ab na puchh
aayi aur aake tal gayi
shaam-e-firaaq ab na puchh
aayi aur aake tal gayi
dil tha ke phir behal gaya
jaan thi ke phir sambhal gayi
shaam-e-firaaq ab na puchh
aayi aur aake tal gayi

bazme khayal mein tere
husn ki shama jal gayi
bazme khayal mein tere
husn ki shama jal gayi
dard ka chand bujh gaya
hijar ki raat dhal gayi
shaam-e-firaaq ab na puchh
aayi aur aake tal gayi

jab tujhe yaad kar liya
subah mehak mehak uthi
jab tujhe yaad kar liya
subah mehak mehak uthi
jab tera gham jaga diya
raat machal machal gayi
shaam-e-firaaq ab na puchh
aayi aur aake tal gayi

dil se to har muhaam mila
karke chale the saaf hum
dil se to har muhaam mila
karke chale the saaf hum
kehne mein unke samne
baat badal badal gayi
shaam-e-firaaq ab na puchh
aayi aur aake tal gayi

aakhir ae shab ke humsafar
faisle na jaane kya hue
aakhir ae shab ke humsafar
faisle na jaane kya hue
reh gayi kis jagah saba
subah kidhar nikal gayi
shaam-e-firaaq ab na puchh
aayi aur aake tal gayi
dil tha ke phir behal gaya
jaan thi ke phir sambhal gayi
shaam-e-firaaq ab na puchh
aayi aur aake tal gayi

Ask not of the evening of parting,
It came, and like a shadow, passed away.
My heart, it found solace,
My soul, it gathered strength again.
Ask not of the evening of parting,
It came, and like a shadow, passed away.

In the gathering of thought, your beauty's lamp,
Ignited and then consumed.
The moon of sorrow waned,
The night of separation softly fled.
Ask not of the evening of parting,
It came, and like a shadow, passed away.

When I remembered you,
The morning bloomed with fragrance.
When I awakened your grief,
The night, it writhed and danced.
Ask not of the evening of parting,
It came, and like a shadow, passed away.

The heart, it yearned for all,
We walked with open souls.
But in speaking before them,
The words, they shifted, changed, and fell.
Ask not of the evening of parting,
It came, and like a shadow, passed away.

At last, O companion of the night,
What decisions were made, unknown?
Where did the morning breeze remain?
And where did the dawn arise?
Ask not of the evening of parting,
It came, and like a shadow, passed away.
My heart, it found solace,
My soul, it gathered strength again.
Ask not of the evening of parting,
It came, and like a shadow, passed away.