kya hain awaaz yahi
kya hain tasveer yahi
kya hain halaat yahi
kya hain taqdeer yahi
din jal raha hain raat jal rahi
din jal raha hain raat jal rahi
antim paher ki baat chal rahin

jaane kis dagar pe
zindagi chal rahi
jaane kis laher pe beh rahi
kis laher pe beh rahi
kya hain awaaz yahi
kya hain tasveer yahi
kya hain halaat yahi
kya hain taqdeer yahi
kya hain zindagi

hai likha gamo ko hi kya upar wale
ye dukh dard kabhi nahi mitne wale
main jahaan bhi chalun badnaseebi chali
chali jaaun kaha bol duniya wale
kya hain khwaabo ka sila
kya hain taalim yahi
kya hain halaat yahi
kya hain taqdeer yahi
kya hain zindagi

do ghadi ka dera hain
yaa ke basera hain
khwaab jiska hun liye
kahaan wo savera hain
main dekhun jidhar
hain andhera udhar
hain umeedon ko gam
hain ujaale kidhar
o ri mere dil ki duaan
kya hain saath yahi
kya hain aawaaz yahi
kya hain tasveer yahi

aazmaa raha kaun hum sabhi
aazmaa raha kaun hum sabhi
ye khayaal aa raha hain abhi
jaane kis dagar pe zindagi chal rahi
jaane kis laher pe beh rahi
kis laher pe beh rahi
kya hain awaaz yahi
kya hain tasveer yahi
kya hain halaat yahi
kya hain taqdeer yahi
kya hain zindagi, kya hain zindagi
kya hain zindagi

Is this the echo's lonely call?
Is this the portrait, standing tall?
Are these the circumstances we embrace?
Is this the fate we must now trace?
The day is burning, the night ablaze,
The day is burning, in a fiery haze,
The final hour, its whisper sways.

Upon what path does life now tread?
Upon what wave, is it now led?
On which wave does it now flow?
Is this the echo's lonely call?
Is this the portrait, standing tall?
Are these the circumstances we embrace?
Is this the fate we must now trace?
What is this life?

Are sorrows the script, the heavens write?
Will these pains ever take their flight?
Misfortune walks beside me, where I roam,
Oh, people of the world, where is my home?
What is the price of dreams we hold?
Is this the lesson to be told?
Are these the circumstances we embrace?
Is this the fate we must now trace?
What is this life?

A brief sojourn, or a lasting stay?
The dream I carry, where lies the day?
I turn my gaze, a darkness deep,
The sorrow of hopes, secrets they keep,
Where is the light, the guiding gleam?
Oh, heart, that prays, a silent scream,
Is this the companion, by my side?
Is this the echo that cannot hide?
Is this the portrait, open wide?

Who tests us all, with unseen hand?
Who tests us all, across the land?
This thought now stirs, I understand,
Upon what path does life now tread?
Upon what wave, is it now led?
On which wave does it now flow?
Is this the echo's lonely call?
Is this the portrait, standing tall?
Are these the circumstances we embrace?
Is this the fate we must now trace?
What is this life, what is this life?
What is this life?