aawaragi ba-rang-e tamasha buri nahi
aawaragi ba-rang-e tamasha buri nahi
jauk-e-najar mile to ye duniya buri nahi
aawaragi ba-rang-e tamasha buri nahi
aawaragi ba-rang-e tamasha buri nahi

kahte hain teri julf-e-parisha ko jindagi
kahte hain teri julf-e-parisha ko jindagi
ae dost jindagi ki tamanna buri nahi
aawaragi ba-rang-e tamasha buri nahi
aawaragi ba-rang-e tamasha buri nahi

hai nakuda ka meri tabahi se wasta
hai nakuda ka meri tabahi se wasta
mai janata hun niyat-e-dariya buri nahi
mai janata hun niyat-e-dariya buri nahi
aawaragi ba-rang-e tamasha buri nahi
aawaragi ba-rang-e tamasha buri nahi

is rahjan-e-hayat jamane se dur chal
is rahjan-e-hayat jamane se dur chal
mar bhi gaye to chadar-e-sahra buri nahi
aawaragi ba-rang-e tamasha buri nahi
jauk-e-najar mile to ye duniya buri nahi
aawaragi ba-rang-e tamasha buri nahi
aawaragi ba-rang-e tamasha buri nahi

To wander as a spectacle, it is not so ill,
To wander as a spectacle, it is not so ill,
If sight finds taste, this world isn't vile.
To wander as a spectacle, it is not so ill,
To wander as a spectacle, it is not so ill.

They call your scattered tresses life itself,
They call your scattered tresses life itself,
O friend, for life to yearn, is not so ill.
To wander as a spectacle, it is not so ill,
To wander as a spectacle, it is not so ill.

The helmsman has no stake in my ruin's reach,
The helmsman has no stake in my ruin's reach,
I know the sea's intent, it does not beseech.
I know the sea's intent, it does not beseech.
To wander as a spectacle, it is not so ill,
To wander as a spectacle, it is not so ill.

From this thief of life, this era, turn away,
From this thief of life, this era, turn away,
If we die, the desert shroud, it will not dismay.
To wander as a spectacle, it is not so ill,
If sight finds taste, this world isn't vile.
To wander as a spectacle, it is not so ill,
To wander as a spectacle, it is not so ill.