jindgi se darte ho jindgi se darte ho
jindgi se darte ho jindgi to tum hi ho
jindgi to tum hi hojindgi to ham bhi hai
aadmi se darte ho aadmi se darte ho
aadmi to tum bhi ho aadmi to tum bhi ho
aadmi to ham bhi hai aadmi to ham bhi hai
tum abhi se darte ho

aadmi jubaan bhi aadmi byaan bhi hai
harf aur maane ke rishte hai aahat se
aadmi hai wabsta
aadmi ke daaman se jindgi hai wabsta
us se tum nahi darte ho
us se tum nahi darte ho

ankahi se darte ho jo abhi nahi aayi
us gharri aamad ki aaghi se darte ho
tum abhi se darte ho pahle bhi to gujare hai
daur na rasse ke be-riya khudaai ke
phir bhi ye samjhte ho hech aarjumandi
ye sab jubaan bandi hai rah khudavndi
tum yahi samjhte ho

tum magr ye kya jaano lab agar nahi hilte
hath jaag uthate hai shubh ki ajaan ban kar
roshni se darte ho roshni tum bhi ho
roshni to ham bhi hai tum abhi se darte ho
raah-e-shauk mein jaise lahro ka khun lapke
ek naya junoon lapke aadmi chhalak uthe
aadmi hanse dekho tum abhi se darte ho

You cower from Life,
You cower from Life,
You cower from Life, yet Life is you.
Life, you are, Life, so too, are we.
You cower from man,
You cower from man,
You cower from man, you too, are man.
Man, so too, are we.
You cower, even now.

Man, a tongue,
Man, a tale spun.
Words and meaning, bound by the heart's echo,
Man is entwined,
With the hem of man,
And Life is entwined.
Yet, you do not fear that.
You do not fear that.

You fear the unsaid,
The not-yet-arrived,
The knowledge of that moment's coming, you fear.
You cower, even now.
Before, the ages passed.
Without the rope, without false gods,
Yet you believe it is all a void, a nothingness.
This is all the muteness, the path of the divine.
This is what you believe.

But do you not know,
If lips are stilled,
Hands awaken, a morning's call.
You cower from light,
Yet light, you are,
Light, so too, are we.
You cower, even now.
On the path of desire,
As waves of blood surge,
A new fervor, surging,
Man overflows,
Man laughs, see, and you cower, even now.