maharbano ko mera salam aakhari
maharbano ko mera salam aakhari
aaj hai mere mujre ki, mere mujre ki sham aakhari
maharbano ko mera salam aakhari
maharbano ko mera salam aakhari
aaj hai mere mujre ki sham aakhari
aaj hai mere mujre ki sham aakhari

mujhko taqadir ne jab diya gam diya
mujhko taqadir ne jab diya gam diya
is zamane ne ji bhar ke badala liya
is zamane ne ji bhar ke badala liya
tu le le khudai intkam aakhari
maharbano ko mera salam aakhari
maharbano ko mera salam aakhari

ashk kya hai
ho ashk kya hai mai dil ka lahu pee gai
ashk kya hai mai dil ka lahu pee gai
pee ke itne jahar kaise main jee gayi
pee ke itne jahar kaise main jee gayi
aaj pi lungi mai gam ka jaam aakhari
maharbano ko mera salam aakhari
maharbano ko mera salam aakhari

maine mana ki aaj main majabur hun
par tumhari hado se bahut dur hun
mai vo bulbul nahi qaid me jo rahe
har sitam julmi sayad kaa jo sahe
ban ke khanjar jigar me utar jaugi
maut ki had se aage guzar jaugi
aa gaya jindagi ka makam aakhari
maharbano ko mera salam aakhari
aaj hai mere mujre ki shaam aakhari

To the compassionate, my final greeting,
To the compassionate, my final greeting.
Tonight, my dance concludes, my dance's final evening,
To the compassionate, my final greeting.
To the compassionate, my final greeting.
Tonight, my dance's final evening,
To the compassionate, my final greeting.

Fate, when it gave, gave only sorrow's sting,
Fate, when it gave, gave only sorrow's sting.
This world, it took its fill, its vengeance bringing,
This world, it took its fill, its vengeance bringing.
Let you, God, take the ultimate reckoning,
To the compassionate, my final greeting.
To the compassionate, my final greeting.

What are tears?
Oh, what are tears? I have drunk the heart's own blood,
What are tears? I have drunk the heart's own blood,
I have survived, somehow, the poison flood,
I have survived, somehow, the poison flood.
Tonight, I'll drink the cup of sorrow's flood,
To the compassionate, my final greeting.
To the compassionate, my final greeting.

I concede, that tonight I am constrained,
But from your boundaries, I have now attained
A distance. I am not the captive nightingale,
To suffer every cruelty, to wail,
Nor bear each tyrant's unrelenting blow.
I will become a dagger, piercing, I will know
The heart's core. Beyond death I'll now be free,
The final station of my life I see.
To the compassionate, my final greeting.
Tonight, my dance's final evening.