shabnam se aaj shola
mange hai ye jamana
lau kaha se ae dil, marne ka ab bahana
dunia ne ye na socha, nachegi lash kaise
dunia ne ye na socha, nachegi lash kaise
ye meri bezubani, chhedgi kya tarana

naache ja, naache ja, naache ja
ae dard-e-mohabbat naache ja
ae dard-e-mohabbat naache ja
kadmo me tere janjir sahi
kadmo me tere janjir sahi
dunia to khushi se dekhegi
dunia to khushi se dekhegi
berang teri tasveer sahi
berang teri tasveer sahi

bedard hai ye mehfil wale
bismil ka tamasha dekhenge
jis dil me lahu ka naam nahi
uska dil ka tamasha dekenge
ro ro ke hasana dunia ko
ro ro ke hasana dunia ko
ulfat ki yahi takdeer sahi
ulfat ki yahi takdeer sahi
ae dard-e-mohabbat naache ja
kadmo me tere janjir sahi
kadmo me tere janjir sahi

naache ja, naache ja, naache ja
ae dard-e-mohabbat naache ja
ae dard-e-mohabbat naache ja
kadmo me tere janjir sahi
kadmo me tere janjir sahi

majburi ae dil kuch der sambhal
mahfil ko jara bharmaane de
bikhrenge na ye badal kab tak
suraj ka ishara aane de
ummid ka daman kyu chhute
ummid ka daman kyu chhute
beharam teri takadir sahi
beharam teri takadir sahi
ae dard-e-mohabbat naache ja
kadmo me tere janjir sahi
kadmo me tere janjir sahi

From dew, the age now begs a blaze,
Where, oh heart, shall I find the guise
To die once more?
This world, it never ponders,
How can a corpse still dance?
This world, it never ponders,
How can a corpse still dance?
My voicelessness, what song can it now impart?

Dance on, dance on, dance on,
Oh pain of love, dance on!
Oh pain of love, dance on!
Though chains may bind your feet,
Though chains may bind your feet,
The world will watch with glee,
The world will watch with glee,
Though your portrait be bereft of hue,
Though your portrait be bereft of hue.

This gathering is heartless,
Will witness the spectacle of the butchered one,
Whose heart knows not the name of blood,
They'll watch the spectacle of that heart.
To make the world laugh through tears,
To make the world laugh through tears,
This, then, is love's true fate,
This, then, is love's true fate.
Oh pain of love, dance on!
Though chains may bind your feet,
Though chains may bind your feet.

Dance on, dance on, dance on,
Oh pain of love, dance on!
Oh pain of love, dance on!
Though chains may bind your feet,
Though chains may bind your feet.

Forced, oh heart, gather yourself awhile,
Let the gathering be deceived a little longer.
These clouds, when will they disperse?
Let the sun's signal arrive.
Why abandon the hope's embrace?
Why abandon the hope's embrace?
Though your fate is cruel,
Though your fate is cruel.
Oh pain of love, dance on!
Though chains may bind your feet,
Though chains may bind your feet.