akeli jaan hai aur us pe
lakho gam uthana hai
akeli jaan hai aur us pe
lakho gam uthana hai
badi brdard hai duniya
bada jalim jamana hai
badi brdard hai duniya
bada jalim jamana hai
akeli jaan hai aur us pe
lakho gam uthana hai

kahi aansu kahi aahe
kahi dukh dard ke parde
yahi iski kahani hai
yahi iska fasana hai
yahi iski kahani hai
yahi iska fasana hai
bada jalim jamana hai
badi brdard hai duniya

ye duniya do ghadi bhi
kab kisi ka sath deti hai
ye duniya do ghadi bhi
kab kisi ka sath deti hai
na jane kab badal jayegi
iska kya thikana hai
na jane kab badal jayegi
iska kya thikana hai
bada jalim jamana hai
badi brdard hai duniya

likha hai jo mukkadar mein
wahi hoga wahi hoga
likha hai jo mukkadar mein
wahi hoga wahi hoga
wahi le jayegi kismat
jaha ka khabo dana hai
jaha ka khabo dana hai
bada jalim jamana hai
badi brdard hai duniya

A lone soul, a fragile vessel,
Burdened by sorrows, countless, vast,
A lone soul, a fragile vessel,
To bear the weight that's meant to last.
This world, unfeeling, cruelly cold,
This age, a tyrant, stories told.
A lone soul, a fragile vessel,
To carry grief, forever bound.

Tears that fall, and sighs that rise,
Veils of sorrow, pain's disguise,
This is its tale, its whispered lore,
This is its legend, evermore.
This world, unfeeling, cruelly cold,
This age, a tyrant, stories told.

For fleeting moments, side by side,
This world offers no lasting tide,
For fleeting moments, side by side,
No constancy, a shifting guise.
Who knows when fortune turns away,
Where it will lead, from day to day?
This world, unfeeling, cruelly cold,
This age, a tyrant, stories told.

What fate has writ, shall come to pass,
The die is cast, its shadow cast,
What fate has writ, shall come to pass,
The path it takes, forever fast.
Where destiny its course will steer,
To dreams and sustenance held dear.
This world, unfeeling, cruelly cold,
This age, a tyrant, stories told.