sham hai ye kuch khoi khoi dil ke darwaje pe koi dastak
dastak dastak de raha hai dastak de raha hai
dil ke darwaje pe koi dastak dastak dastak de raha hai
dastak de raha hai

dar se mai darwaja dar se mai darwaja khol na pau
sharam ke mare mai kuch bol na pau
meri khamoshi ko wo lab tak lab tak
lab tak de raha hai dastak de raha hai

yahi hai kya wo prem pyar ki rate
yahi hai kya wo prem pyar ki bate
beet gaye kitne din kitni rate nam mera leke awaze ab tak ab
tak ab tak de raha hai dastak de raha hai

kya sham me kya subah kya rate suni suni pahle thi sab bate
kya sham me kya subah kya rate suni suni pahle thi sab bate
aaj mana ye mausam lekin beshak beshak beshak de raha hai
dastak de raha hai sham hai ye kuch khoi khoi
dil ke darwaje pe koi dastak dastak dastak de raha hai
dastak de raha hai dastak de raha hai dastak de raha hai

The twilight weeps, a lost, hushed plea,
A knocking at the heart's closed door,
A knocking, knocking, endlessly,
A knocking on the heart's locked shore.
Knocking, knocking, evermore.

Too long I've stood, unable to part,
Too long I've failed to open, to start,
Ashamed, I cannot speak, cannot soar,
My silence, to the lips, the lips, the core,
He knocks, he knocks, and knocks once more.

Is this the night of love's sweet art?
Are these the nights to rend the heart?
So many days and nights have gone by,
Yet still, my name, the voice, the cry,
Resounds, resounds, and lingers nigh,
He knocks, he knocks, beneath the sky.

What was the evening, morning, the night,
All empty, barren, lost to sight?
What was the evening, morning, the night,
All empty, barren, lost to sight?
But now, I see, the season's light,
Indeed, indeed, with all his might,
He knocks, he knocks, with all his might.
The twilight weeps, a lost, hushed plea,
A knocking at the heart's closed door,
A knocking, knocking, endlessly,
He knocks, he knocks, and knocks once more.
He knocks, he knocks, and knocks forevermore.