is garibi ki diwaar ne ye kya kiya
mere mehbub se bhi na milne diya
is garibi ki diwaar ne ye kya kiya
mere mehbub se bhi na milne diya
vo kahi bhi rahe
vo kahi bhi rahe
vo salamat rahe
dil use ab bhi deta hai hurdam duaa
haan aasma se zami pe utaara hume
aasma se zami pe utaara hume
o duniyawaale jindgi de ke kyu mara hume
duniyawaale jindgi de ke kyu mara hume

aasma se zami pe utaara hume
aasma se zami pe utaara hume
o duniyawaale jindgi de ke kyu mara hume
duniyawaale jindgi de ke kyu mara hume

This wall of want, what has it wrought?
Kept me from my Beloved, a love unsought.
This wall of want, what has it done?
Kept me from the gleam of my setting sun.

Wherever He may roam,
Wherever He finds home,
May He be safe and sound,
My heart still offers prayers profound.

From the heavens, we were cast to earth,
From the heavens, a tragic birth.
O world, why gift us life's frail breath,
Then wound us with the sting of death?
From the heavens, we were flung below,
From the heavens, where the cold winds blow.
O world, why give life, a fleeting show,
Then leave us aching, in deepest woe?