ek raat thi meri ek baat ankahi
ek saans bujhi bujhi si
gumsum sadko pe kuchh khas farko pe
zindagi Udi huyi si
dab gaya hai kahi shab gaya hai dur
rab gaya hai kahi kab
ho dab gaya hai kahi shab gaya hai dur
rab gaya hai kahi kab se juda hai nur nur nur

ek boond bhi paani ki baadh jaisi lagti hai
thodi si chhu le to baat jaisi lagti hai
gumshuda hai khair hai khaamakha jo gair ho gaya

ek jaan thi meri ek saans kam kahi
ek pyas bujhi bujhi si
gumsum sadko pe kuchh khaas farko pe
zindagi Udi huyi si
dab gaya hai kahi shab gaya hai dur
rab gaya hai kahi kab
dab gaya hai kahi shab gaya hai dur
rab gaya hai kahi kab se juda hai nur nur nur

A night, my unspoken word, a sigh, extinguished, low,
On silent streets, where certain thresholds softly go,
Life, a flight unbound.

Where night has fallen, lost, a distant shore,
Where God has vanished, since when, and before?
Oh, where night has fallen, lost, a distant shore,
Where God has vanished, parted from the Light, forevermore.

A single drop, a flood's vast, surging claim,
A touch, a whisper, bearing life's strange name,
Lost, yet well, what becomes of all that's not the same.

A soul I had, a breath now less, a trace,
A thirst, extinguished in this empty space,
On silent streets, where certain thresholds meet,
Life, a flight unbound.

Where night has fallen, lost, a distant shore,
Where God has vanished, since when, and before?
Oh, where night has fallen, lost, a distant shore,
Where God has vanished, parted from the Light, forevermore.