main nahi deep jalaungi
main nahi deep jalaungi
band jiwan ki khidki
raat ke sannate me bajegi
raat ke sannate me bajegi
yu gham ki raagini
sunungi main, akeli main
ye swami jag ki vaani
tan man le
tan man le angdaai me
bandini ban kho jaungi
bandini ban kho jaungi
main nahi deep jalaungi
band jiwan ki khidki

ae ri dekh na aankho me
is ghor andhere me
chhup ja naino me
mere hriday ko
sitaro pe chhup lo
apne jal jane do
yaha nahi yaha nahi
andaz bansuri
deepak sa lahraye
fir main sangeet lahariyo me apna
apna yahan praan basaungi
main nahi deep jalaungi
band jiwan ki

I shall not light a lamp, no, never.
My life, a closed window,
Where night’s silence echoes,
A melody of sorrow,
I alone shall listen.
To the Lord of the world's voice,
My body and soul embracing,
In a captive's sigh, I shall dissolve.
I shall not light a lamp.
My life, a closed window.

Oh, gaze not into my eyes,
In this profound darkness.
Hide within my pupils,
Within my heart.
Conceal yourselves among the stars,
Let yourselves burn away.
Not here, not here,
The flute's whisper.
Like a lamp that flickers,
Then, in waves of music,
I shall breathe my soul into this place.
I shall not light a lamp.
My life...