mitti se khelte ho baar baar kis liye
mitti se khelte ho baar baar kis liye
tute huye khilono se pyar kis liye
tute huye khilono se pyar kis liye
mitti se khelte ho baar baar kis liye
mitti se khelte ho baar baar kis liye

banake zidganiya bigaadne se kya mila
meri ummid ka jaha, meri ummid ka jaha
ujaadne se kya mila
aayi thi do dino ki ye bahaar kis liye
mitti se khelte ho baar baar kis liye
mitti se khelte ho baar baar kis liye

zara si dhul ko hazaar rup naam de diye
zara si jaan sar pe saat aasamaan de diye
barbaad zindagi ka ye sigaar kis liye
mitti se khelte ho baar baar kis liye
mitti se khelte ho baar baar kis liye

zamin gair ho gayi ye aasaama badal gaya
hawa ke rukh badal gaye, hawa ke rukh badal gaye
har ek phul jal gaya
bajte hai ab ye saanso ke taar kis liye
mitti se khelte ho baar baar kis liye
mitti se khelte ho baar baar kis liye

Why this endless game with dust, again and again?
Why this love for broken toys, this desperate refrain?
Why this endless game with dust, again and again?
Why this endless game with dust, again and again?

What gain in shaping lives, then shattering the same?
My world of hope, my world of hope, consumed by flame.
What solace in this wreckage, this ephemeral bloom?
Why this endless game with dust, embracing the tomb?
Why this endless game with dust, again and again?

A speck of dust, a thousand names bestowed,
A fragile life, with heavens overflowed.
Why this charade of a life, so quickly to fade?
Why this endless game with dust, a solemn parade?
Why this endless game with dust, again and again?

The earth estranged, the sky has now changed hue,
The winds have shifted, shifted, untrue,
Each blossom withered, withered away.
Why the echo of breath at the close of the day?
Why this endless game with dust, again and again?
Why this endless game with dust, again and again?