khamosh rehne mein dum ghutta hai
aur bolne se zabaan chhilti hai
darr lagta hai nange paaon mujhe
koi kabr paaon tale hilti hai
pareshaan hoon zindagi se

kya pataa kab kahaan se maaregi zindagi
kya pataa kab kahaan se maaregi zindagi
bas ke main zindagi se darta hoon
bas ke main zindagi se darta hoon
maut ka kya hai ek baar maaregi

dhool udne lagti hai jab shaam ki
sab kaanch bhar jaate hain gard se
main darta hoon, main darta hoon
dil jab dhadakne se thakne lage
neend aane lagti hai tab dard se
anjaan hoon zindagi se

kya pata kab kahaan se maaregi zindagi
kya pata kab kahaan se maaregi zindagi
bas ke main zindagi se darta hoon
bas ke main zindagi se darta hoon
maut ka kya hai ek baar maaregi

To be silent chokes the breath,
To speak, tears the tongue raw.
I fear to walk barefoot,
Lest the grave shift beneath my law.
Perplexed am I by life.

Who knows where life will strike, when?
Who knows where life will strike, when?
I fear life, its cruel intent.
I fear life, its cruel intent.
Death, at least, strikes but once.

Dust rises with the evening,
All mirrors cloud with grit.
I fear, I tremble in fear,
When the heart tires of beating,
Sleep arrives, born of pain's grit.
Unknowing, lost am I in life's snare.

Who knows where life will strike, when?
Who knows where life will strike, when?
I fear life, its cruel intent.
I fear life, its cruel intent.
Death, at least, strikes but once.