Oft, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Fond memory brings the light
Of other days around me;
The smiles, the tears,
Of boyhood's years,
The words of love then spoken;
The eyes that shone,
Now dimm'd and gone,
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain hath bound me,
Sad memory brings the light
Of other days around me.
When I remember all
The friends, so link'd together,
I've seen around me fall,
Like leaves in wintry weather;
I feel like one
Who treads alone
Some banquet-hall deserted,
Whose lights are fled,
Whose garlands dead,
And all but he departed!
Thus, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Sad memory brings the light
Of other days around me.
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Fond memory brings the light
Of other days around me;
The smiles, the tears,
Of boyhood's years,
The words of love then spoken;
The eyes that shone,
Now dimm'd and gone,
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain hath bound me,
Sad memory brings the light
Of other days around me.
When I remember all
The friends, so link'd together,
I've seen around me fall,
Like leaves in wintry weather;
I feel like one
Who treads alone
Some banquet-hall deserted,
Whose lights are fled,
Whose garlands dead,
And all but he departed!
Thus, in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Sad memory brings the light
Of other days around me.
Thomas Moore
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Aksar Shab-e-Tanhayi mein
Kuch dair pehley neend se
Guzri hoi dilchaspiyaa'n
Beetay hoay din aish ke
Bantay hain shamma'y Zindagi
Kuch dair pehley neend se
Guzri hoi dilchaspiyaa'n
Beetay hoay din aish ke
Bantay hain shamma'y Zindagi
Aur daaltay hain roshni
Meray Dil-e-Sad-Chaak per
Woh bachpan aur woh saadgi
Woh rona aur hassna kabhi
Phir woh jawani ke mazzay
Woh dil lagi woh qehqahay
Woh wada aur woh shukriya
Woh Lazzat-e-Bazm-e-Tarab
Yaad aatay hain aik aik sab
Dil ka kanwal jo Roz-o-Shab
Meray Dil-e-Sad-Chaak per
Woh bachpan aur woh saadgi
Woh rona aur hassna kabhi
Phir woh jawani ke mazzay
Woh dil lagi woh qehqahay
Woh wada aur woh shukriya
Woh Lazzat-e-Bazm-e-Tarab
Yaad aatay hain aik aik sab
Dil ka kanwal jo Roz-o-Shab
Rehta shagufta tha so ab
Us ka yeh abtar haal hai
Ek phool kumlaya hoa
Toota hoa bikhra hoa
Ronda para hai khaak per
Aksar Shab-e-Tanhai mein
Ek phool kumlaya hoa
Toota hoa bikhra hoa
Ronda para hai khaak per
Aksar Shab-e-Tanhai mein
Nadir Kakurvi