jab tawajjo teri nahin hoti
jab tawajjo teri nahin hoti
zindagi zindagi nahin hoti
jab tawajjo teri nahin hoti

zindagi mein sukun talaash na kar
zindagi mein, zindagi, zindagi mein
zindagi mein sukun talaash na kar
dhoop mein chaandani nahin hoti
dhoop mein chaandani nahin hoti
zindagi zindagi nahin hoti
jab tawajjo teri nahin hoti

pahro rehti thi guftagu jinse
pahro rehti thi guftagu jinse
unse ab baat bhi nahi hoti
unse ab baat bhi nahi hoti
zindagi zindagi nahin hoti
jab tawajjo teri nahin hoti

maut ki dhamkiya na do humko
maut ki dhamkiya na do humko
maut kya zindagi nahin hoti
maut kya zindagi nahin hoti
zindagi zindagi nahin hoti
jab tawajjo teri nahin hoti

When your gaze is not upon me,
When your gaze is not upon me,
Life itself is not truly life.
When your gaze is not upon me.

Seek no solace in this life's embrace,
Within this life, this life, this life,
Seek no solace in this life's embrace.
In sunlight, moonlight finds no place.
In sunlight, moonlight finds no place.
Life itself is not truly life.
When your gaze is not upon me.

Those with whom hours were once spent in talk,
Those with whom hours were once spent in talk,
Now, not even a word is exchanged with them.
Now, not even a word is exchanged with them.
Life itself is not truly life.
When your gaze is not upon me.

Do not threaten us with death's cold hand,
Do not threaten us with death's cold hand,
Is death not also a form of life?
Is death not also a form of life?
Life itself is not truly life.
When your gaze is not upon me.