meri jindagi ne mujhpe ehsan kya kiya hai
jine de na marne de, mujhe aisa gham diya hai
meri jindagi ne mujhpe ehsan kya kiya hai
jine de na marne de, mujhe aisa gham diya hai

jo mila kho gaya kya mere pas hai
dard hi dard hai pyas hi pyas hai
mera dil hi jane maine kya-kya zehar piya hai
jine de na marne de, mujhe aisa gham diya hai

jal ke ham phir bhujhe bhujh ke ham phir jale
jindagi khub hai yeh tere faisale
mar-mar ke umr sari yaha kaun jiya hai
jine de na marne de, mujhe aisa gham diya hai

pyar me ki wafa toh mili kya saja
dosti yaar ki de gayi kya daga
kya bolte kisi se hontho ko si liya hai
jine de na marne de, mujhe aisa gham diya hai
meri jindagi ne mujhpe ehsan kya kiya hai
jine de na marne de, mujhe aisa gham diya hai

My life, what boon has it bestowed on me?
It neither lets me live nor sets me free, a sorrow so profound.
My life, what boon has it bestowed on me?
It neither lets me live nor sets me free, a sorrow profound.

What I grasped, vanished, what remains?
Only aches and thirst that endlessly reigns.
My heart alone knows what poisons I have drained.
It neither lets me live nor sets me free, a sorrow profound.

We burned, then cooled; cooled, then we burned anew,
Life's choices, oh, how strange, how untrue.
Who here has truly lived, though death they've wooed?
It neither lets me live nor sets me free, a sorrow profound.

In love's devotion, what punishment I faced,
Friendship’s embrace, a betrayal I embraced.
I sealed my lips, what words could I have pursued?
It neither lets me live nor sets me free, a sorrow profound.
My life, what boon has it bestowed on me?
It neither lets me live nor sets me free, a sorrow so profound.