haai ho, oh ho ho, oh oh ho ho ho
ye gazal hai na geet hai koi
ye mere dard ki kahani hai
mere seene me sirf, ho
mere seene me sirf shole hai
meri aankho me sirf pani hai
kabhi bekasi ne mara, kabhi bekasi ne mara
oh, kabhi bebasi ne mara, kabhi bekasi ne mara
oh, kabhi bebasi ne mara
gila maut se nahi hai, gila maut se nahi hai
mujhe zindagi ne mara
kabhi bekasi ne mara oh, kabhi bebasi ne mara

muqaddar pe kuch jor chalta nahi
wo mausam hai ye jo badalta nahi
muqaddar pe kuch jor chalta nahi
wo mausam hai ye jo badalta nahi
kahi thi ye badnaseebi oh, kahi thi meri garibi
oh, kahi thi meri garibi
kis kis ka naam lu mai oh, kis kis ka naam lu mai
mujhe har kisi ne maara
gila maut se nahi hai, gila maut se nahi hai
mujhe zindagi ne mara
kabhi bekasi ne mara oh, kabhi bebasi ne maara

bemurawwat bewafa duniya hai ye
hai ye duniya to kya duniya hai ye
bemurawwat bewafa duniya hai ye
hai ye duniya to kya duniya hai ye
na kami thi dosto ki, na kami thi dushmano ki
oh, na kami thi dushmano ki
kahi dushmani ne luta, kahi dushmani ne luta
kahi dosti ne mara
gila maut se nahi hai, gila maut se nahi hai
mujhe zindagi ne mara
kabhi bekasi ne mara, kabhi bebasi ne mara

ujalo se veshat mujhe ho gayi hai
andhero ki aadat mujhe ho gayi hai
ujalo se veshat mujhe ho gayi hai
andhero ki aadat mujhe ho gayi hai
raha jab talak andhera oh, kata khub waqt mera
oh, kata khub waqt mera
mujhe chaandni ne luta oh, mujhe chaandni ne luta
mujhe roshni ne mara
gila maut se nahi hai, gila maut se nahi hai
mujhe zindagi ne mara
kabhi bekasi ne mara, kabhi bebasi ne mara
kabhi bekasi ne mara oh, kabhi bebasi ne mara

Hark, ho, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

This is no ghazal, no song you hear,
But a tale of the ache I bear.
Within my chest, but embers glow,
And in my eyes, only waters flow.
Sometimes by helplessness, I'm slain,
Oh, sometimes by powerlessness, I'm chained.
Oh, sometimes by helplessness, I'm slain.
No grievance against death I hold,
No grievance against death, I'm told,
It is life that has struck me down,
Sometimes by helplessness, I'm drowned.

Fate's grip it does not yield,
A season's turn, upon this field.
Fate's grip it does not yield,
A season's turn, concealed.
My misfortune whispered low, oh, my poverty's plight,
Oh, my poverty's night.
Whose name shall I now speak, oh, whose name shall I call?
By each and all, I fall.
No grievance against death I hold,
It is life that has struck me down,
Sometimes by helplessness, I'm drowned.

This world, unfeeling, faithless too,
Is this a world, and what is new?
This world, unfeeling, faithless too,
Is this a world, and what is new?
No want of friends, nor enemies' sting,
Oh, nor enemies' sting.
By enmity's hand I'm plundered, oh, by enmity's hand,
By friendship's kiss, I'm unmanned.
No grievance against death I hold,
It is life that has struck me down,
Sometimes by helplessness, I'm drowned.

From light, a loathing has arisen,
To darkness, my soul is now prison.
From light, a loathing has arisen,
To darkness, my soul now prison.
While darkness was my cloak, oh, my time did flow free,
Oh, my time did flow free.
By moonlight's touch, I'm undone, oh, by moonlight's touch,
By light's own hand, I'm touched.
No grievance against death I hold,
It is life that has struck me down,
Sometimes by helplessness, I'm drowned.
Oh, sometimes by powerlessness, I'm chained.