na meri chali, na dil ki chali, jo chale so chalti hai
na meri chali, na dil ki chali, jo chale so chalti hai
aaghaz vohi anjam vohi ye kiski galti hai
aisa hota tha aisa hota hai, aisa hi hota hai
aisa hota tha aisa hota hai, aisa hi hota hai

voh dhup chade jo diwar par yaad jo aaye to kya kare
log to uth ke chal diye saya na jaye to kya kare
aan padi hai ab vo ghadi na bane hi banti hai
aan padi hai ab vo ghadi na bane hi banti hai
aaghaz vohi anjam vohi ye kiski galti hai
aisa hota tha aisa hota hai, sau tola sach hai
aisa hota tha aisa hota hai, sau tola sach hai

do badan do ruh thi, ek zamane me ek the
do badan do ruh thi, ek zamane me ek the
haa wafa me koyi dosh tha, bewafa to sare nek the
nazar ka tar koyi tod le to chot si lagti hai
nazar ka tar koyi tod le to chot si lagti hai
aaghaz vohi anjam vohi ye kiski galti hai
aisa hota tha aisa hota hai, aisa hi hota hai
aisa hota tha aisa hota hai, aisa hi hota hai

Not mine, nor the heart's command, only what flows, flows on,
Not mine, nor the heart's command, only what flows, flows on.
The start, the end, the same, whose fault is this song?
Such was, such is, such will ever be, along.
Such was, such is, such will ever be, along.

When sun climbs the wall, memory ascends, what choice is left?
People rise and depart, the shadow won't leave, what's deftly bereft?
Now it has arrived, that hour, it unfolds, it must, no less,
Now it has arrived, that hour, it unfolds, in this world's distress.
The start, the end, the same, whose fault, whose mess?
Such was, such is, a hundred tolas of truth, the best.
Such was, such is, a hundred tolas of truth, the test.

Two bodies, two souls, once, in time, were one,
Two bodies, two souls, once, in time, were one.
Ah, in faithfulness, a flaw, perhaps, the faithless, saints, outrun?
If a glance's thread is severed, a wound, it stings to the sun.
If a glance's thread is severed, a wound, it stings, begun.
The start, the end, the same, whose fault, has it come?
Such was, such is, such will ever be, overcome.
Such was, such is, such will ever be, become.