mera jala raat bhar diya na aaye piya
o duniya ye kya kiya
mera jala raat bhar diya na aaye piya
o duniya ye kya kiya
mera jala raat bhar diya

raat kisi ki roke bite, raat kisi ki roke bite
mujh birhan ki raat ye kaisi so ke bite na ro ke bite
so ke bite na ro ke bite
mujhe piya se na milne diya tod diya jiya
o duniya ye kya kiya
mera jala raat bhar diya na aaye piya
o duniya ye kya kiya
mera jala raat bhar diya

neel gagan pe jitne tare utne dil me dukh hamare
maut ke din bhulu kaise jo preetam ke sang gujare
jo preetam ke sang gujare ha ha jala raat bhar diya
jala yaha diya o duniya ye kya kiya
mera jala raat bhar diya na aaye piya
o duniya ye kya kiya
mera jala raat bhar diya o duniya ye kya kiya
mera jala raat bhar diya

My lamp burned through the night, my love did not return,
Oh world, what have you done?
My lamp burned through the night, my love did not return,
Oh world, what have you done?
My lamp burned through the night.

Some find their nights in slumber, some find their nights in slumber,
But how does this night pass for me, the widowed one?
Does it pass in sleep, or in tears?
The meeting with my love, you forbade, you broke my heart,
Oh world, what have you done?
My lamp burned through the night, my love did not return,
Oh world, what have you done?
My lamp burned through the night.

As many stars in the blue sky, as sorrows in my heart reside,
How can I forget those days of death, spent with my beloved?
Spent with my beloved, yes, my lamp burned through the night,
The lamp burned here, oh world, what have you done?
My lamp burned through the night, my love did not return,
Oh world, what have you done?
My lamp burned through the night, my love did not return,
My lamp burned through the night.