dunia sharabi dunia sharabi
dunia sharabi dunia sharabi
kaun nahi peeta sab peete hai
kaun nahi peeta sab peete hai
maine bhi pi thodi si pi
maine bhi pi to kya hai kharabi
dunia sharabi dunia sharabi

daulat ka diwana jag me koi
ulfat ka mastana jag me koi
sabko nasha hai kon bacha hai
mujhko bhi gum ne aaj pila di
dunia sharabi dunia sharabi
dunia sharabi dunia sharabi

aag sahi jahar sahi mane nahi dil
mujhko mere dukh ki dawa aaj gayi mil
jahar se maine jahar ko mara
aag se dil ki aag bujha di
kaun nahi peeta kaun nahi peeta
maine bhi pi to kya hai kharabi
dunia sharabi dunia sharabi

The world, a drunkard, the world a drunkard.
The world, a drunkard, the world a drunkard.
Who doesn't drink? All imbibe, it seems.
Who doesn't drink? All taste the dream.
I too have sipped, a touch I've known.
I too have drunk, what ill is sown?
The world, a drunkard, the world a drunkard.

Wealth's devotee, in this mortal sphere,
Love's intoxicated, banishing fear.
Intoxication holds each in its sway,
Who can escape, who knows the way?
Grief's bitter draught, today it gave,
The world, a drunkard, the world a drunkard.
The world, a drunkard, the world a drunkard.

Fire it is, and poison true, the heart defies,
Yet in my sorrow, a remedy now lies.
With poison, poison, I have met and slain,
With fire of love, quenched the fiery pain.
Who doesn't drink? Who does not taste?
I too have drunk, what ill is placed?
The world, a drunkard, the world a drunkard.