tinka tinka aashaye man re nai sanjoda
tanha tanha reh jana bun na na ashiyana
ye khwab ta ik din tut jana, o jiya nai jina
o jiya nai jina, re mar jana jag jhuta ab jana
o jiya nai jina, re mar jana jag jhuta ab jana

todh le jaise lo koi diyo se
todh le jaise lo koi diyo se chin le roshni jo akkhiyo se
andhero mein hai zindagi khud se hai kyun berukhi haye
kahan ye dard chupana, o jiya nai jina
ho jiya nai jina, re mar jana jag jhuta ab jana
o jiya nai jina, re mar jana jag jhuta ab jana

udh gaye kyun hai rang chahton ke
kat gaye kyun hai pankh khwaishon ke
suna suna hai kyun safar, badli badli hai har nazar haye
khoyi hain rahe kit jana, o jiya nai jina
ho jiya nai jina, re mar jana jag jhuta ab jana
o jiya nai jina, re mar jana jag jhuta ab jana
tinka tinka aashayen, man re nai sanjoda
tanha tanha reh jana, buna na ashiyana
ye khwab ta ik din tut jana, o jiya nai jina
o jiya nai jina, re mar jana jag jhuta ab jana
o jiya nai jina, re mar jana jag jhuta ab jana
o jiya nai jina

Straw by straw, hopes, O mind, you gather not,
Alone, alone to linger, build no haven.
These dreams, one day, they shatter, O life, not to live,
O life, not to live, to die, the world a lie, now I know.
O life, not to live, to die, the world a lie, now I know.

As one might pluck light from lamps,
As one might steal the light from eyes,
In darkness is life, why this self-estrangement, alas?
Where to hide this pain, O life, not to live,
O life, not to live, to die, the world a lie, now I know.
O life, not to live, to die, the world a lie, now I know.

Why have the colors of desires flown?
Why have the wings of longing been clipped?
Why is the journey empty, every gaze changed, alas?
Lost are the paths, where to go, O life, not to live,
O life, not to live, to die, the world a lie, now I know.
O life, not to live, to die, the world a lie, now I know.
Straw by straw, hopes, O mind, you gather not,
Alone, alone to linger, build no haven.
These dreams, one day, they shatter, O life, not to live,
O life, not to live, to die, the world a lie, now I know.
O life, not to live, to die, the world a lie, now I know.
O life, not to live…