jise banaya khevanhara
vahi aaj kar gaya kinara
apna banake aaj kisi ne lut liya re
bhagya hamara

aaj ki raat aaj ki raat
chandani ang me aag lagaye
chakori jhar jhar nir bahaye
aaj meraa chanda nahi hai sath
aaj ki raat

aaj ki raat aaj ki raat
magan man mand mand muskaye
chakori mann me khil khil jaye
aaj mera chanda hai mere sath
aaj ki raat

basanti rut nayano me
aaj ki pavas ban ke chhayi hai
nirali ye punam ki
raat amavas ban ke aayi hai
kise nayana kaa nir dikhau
kise mai mann ki pir batau
aaj meraa chanda nahi hai sath
aaj ki raat

aaj kyon bajate sananan chhun
mere panv ki ye payal
nayan me kaun samaya re
bikharane laga meraa kajal
aaj mai git prit ke gaau
kabhi sharamau kabhi musakau
aaj meraa chanda hai mere sath
aaj ki raat

He who steered the vessel,
Now leaves me stranded on the shore.
Having embraced me, then plundered,
My fate, forevermore.

Tonight, tonight,
Moonlight kindles fire within my limbs,
Chakor's tears, a constant stream.
My moon is absent from the sight,
Tonight.

Tonight, tonight,
The happy heart, it softly smiles,
Chakor, in the heart, it blooms and riles.
My moon is absent from the sight,
Tonight.

Spring’s embrace in my eyes,
Now a monsoon's falling tide.
This full moon's night, so strange,
Dark as an eclipse of night.
To whom shall I show the tears in my eyes?
To whom tell the heart's deep sighs?
My moon is absent from the sight,
Tonight.

Why does my anklet's song,
Now tinkle, soft and low?
Whose image fills my eyes,
As my kohl begins to flow?
Tonight I'll sing of love's sweet art,
Sometimes blush, sometimes my heart.
My moon is absent from the sight,
Tonight.