ho kaliya bago se chhute bunde bhi chhod e badal
ambar se tute sitare dukh kisko jyada howe
jisne choda usko ya jiske chhute sahre
jiya re jiya re bata re bata re

yaad hame aata hai kyu jisko kiya tha vida
bhule se bhi bhule kaha jab kah diya tha alvida
khali dil bhar jaye ye hota nahi re
khali bhi dil pura kyu hota nahi re
jiya re jiya re bata re bata re

koi bulaye roke koi jaye na jaye soche koi
kya kya nibhaye tode koi
kuchh dhage jo bandhe khulte hi nahi hai
duri se kuchh nate talte kyu nahi hai
jiya re jiya re bata re bata re

ho kaliya bago se chhute bunde bhi chhod e badal
ambar se tute sitare dukh kisko jyada howe
jisne choda usko ya jiske chhute sahre
jiya re jiya re bata re bata re

When blooms depart the garden's grace,
And raindrops flee the clouds' embrace,
When stars fall, torn from heavens bright,
Whose grief is deeper, day and night?
The one who left, or those bereft?
Tell me, oh soul, what's left?

Why does memory's echo ring,
For vows we made, on love's soft wing?
Though forgotten, words remain,
When farewell's whispered, a heart's sharp pain.
An empty heart, can it be filled?
An empty heart, its fate un-willed.
Tell me, oh soul, what's willed?

Some call, some hold, some cannot stay,
Some ponder choices, come what may.
Some break, some mend, with tangled thread,
Some bonds, though severed, cannot be dead.
Distance may grow, but ties remain,
Why do these shadows still enchain?
Tell me, oh soul, what's the gain?

When blooms depart the garden's grace,
And raindrops flee the clouds' embrace,
When stars fall, torn from heavens bright,
Whose grief is deeper, day and night?
The one who left, or those bereft?
Tell me, oh soul, what's left?