kaisa hai mere dil tu khiladi
bhar ke bhi hai tera pyala khaali
kaisa hai mere dil tu khiladi
bhar ke bhi hai tera pyala khaali
kaisa hai mere dil tu

kya nahi mere paas kya nahi mere paas
dhan bhi izzat bhi bangla bhi car bhi
jaam bhi sharaab bhi bangla bhi car bhi
jaam bhi sharaab bhi baag-o-bahar bhi

are kya nahi mere paas
ha he nazren nazaare bhi chaand aur taare bhi
saaqi maekhana bhi saara zamana bhi
aaj main duniya kharid sakta hu lekin ha
kaisa hai mere dil tu khiladi
bhar ke bhi hai tera pyala khaali
kaisa hai mere dil tu

zindagi hai ek cigaar
teri zindagi hai ek cigaar
o teri zindagi hai ek cigaar

kaun tujhe samajhaaye
zor se jitna kash khinche tu
zor se jitna kash khinche tu
utni jalti jaaye
aah he apne se khel tu duniya se khel tu
zindagi se khel tu kismat se khel tu
tu sabhi se khel sakta hai lekin
kaisa hai mere dil tu khiladi
bhar ke bhi hai tera pyala khaali
kaisa hai mere dil tu khiladi
bhar ke bhi hai tera pyala khaali

How fares my heart, a player so bold,
Though brimming, your cup remains untold?
How fares my heart, a player so bold,
Though brimming, your cup remains untold?
How fares my heart?

What lacks I not? What is withheld?
Wealth, esteem, a mansion, a car,
A goblet, a drink, a garden afar,
A goblet, a drink, a garden afar.

Ah, what lacks I not?
Behold, sights and scenes, moon and stars ignite,
A tavern, a host, the whole of the night.
Today, I could buy the world, yet alas,
How fares my heart, a player so bold,
Though brimming, your cup remains untold?
How fares my heart?

Life is a cigar,
Your life is a cigar,
Oh, your life is a cigar.

Who can make you see?
The harder you draw the smoke in,
The harder you draw the smoke in,
The faster it burns, you flee.
Ah, play with yourself, play with the world,
Play with life, play with fate unfurled.
You can play with all, and yet still,
How fares my heart, a player so bold,
Though brimming, your cup remains untold?
How fares my heart, a player so bold,
Though brimming, your cup remains untold?