zindagi se badi saza hi nahi
zindagi se badi saza hi nahi
aur kya jurm hai pata hi nahi
zindagi se badi saza hi nahi

itne hisso me bant gaya hoon main
itne hisso me bant gaya hoon main
itne hisso me bant gaya hoon main
mere hise me kuch bacha hi nahi
mere hise me kuch bacha hi nahi
zindagi se badi saza hi nahi

sach ghate ya badhe to sach na rahe
sach ghate ya badhe to sach na rahe
sach ghate ya badhe to sach na rahe
jhooth ki koi intehaa hi nahi
jhooth ki koi intehaa hi nahi
zindagi se badi saza hi nahi

jad do chaandi me chahe sone me
jad do chaandi me chahe sone me
jad do chaandi me chahe sone me
aaiana jhooth bolta hi nahi
aaiana jhooth bolta hi nahi
zindagi se badi saza hi nahi
aur kya jurm hai pata hi nahi
zindagi se badi saza hi nahi

No greater sentence exists than life,
No greater sentence.
What crime, I do not know,
No greater sentence exists than life.

Divided, splintered, I have become,
Divided, a shattered form.
Divided, and what remains to me?
Nothing remains to me,
No greater sentence exists than life.

Truth diminished or inflated, truth deserts,
Truth diminished or inflated, truth deserts.
Truth diminished or inflated, truth deserts,
Falsehood knows no limit,
Falsehood knows no limit,
No greater sentence exists than life.

Embed it in silver, or in gold enshrine,
Embed it in silver, or in gold enshrine,
Embed it in silver, or in gold enshrine,
The mirror, it does not lie,
The mirror, it does not lie,
No greater sentence exists than life,
What crime, I do not know,
No greater sentence exists than life.