chal sajni chal desh ko apne perdesi meet na tere
ab to gum ki chokhat par hi daal de jakar dere
mud kar dekho na un mahlo ko yaha sapne tere roye
teri jagah ab sej pe teri sautan kismat soye

sukh ki aas me dukh ko sah kar
dar dar pahunche dil ko lekar
dar dar pahunche dil ko lekar
gum hi mile hai khushiya dekar
dekh liya rab ko rab kahkar
ho mai dardo ki honi charkha zindagi ka
o charkha zindagi ka charkha zindagi ka
charkha zindagi ka o charkha zindagi ka

yaar sabhi hai dekhe bhale has has kari jaan hawale
mai panchi ik zakhmi aisa pinjara bhi na jisko sambhale
ho mai dard ki honi charkha zindagi ka
hay charkha zindagi ka

ma ne bhi mujhko samjhaya ma ne bhi mujhko samjhaya
babul bhi mera kurlaya par mere is pyar ki khatir
papi maine jag thukraya ho mai dardo ki honi
charkha zindagi ka hay charkha zindagi ka oye
charkha zindagi ka o charkha zindagi ka o o o o

Go, my love, depart for your land, your foreign lover is not yours,
Settle your tents on sorrow's doorstep, and nothing more.
Do not gaze back at those palaces, where your dreams now weep,
Your place upon the bed, your rival, Fate, shall now sleep.

Hoping for joy, enduring pain,
Your heart seeks solace, again and again.
Your heart seeks solace, again and again.
Sorrow you find, though joy you feign.
You see your God, and call his name in vain.
I am the wheel of pain, the spinning of life,
Oh, the wheel of life, the wheel of life.
The wheel of life, oh, the wheel of life.

All friends have witnessed, smiling, they've given their lives,
I am a wounded bird, a cage that cannot survive.
I am the wheel of pain, the spinning of life,
Oh, the wheel of life.

My mother tried to reason, my mother tried to reason,
My father wept in turn, but for my love's treason,
I spurned the world, for this wicked season.
I am the wheel of pain,
The wheel of life, oh, the wheel of life,
The wheel of life, oh, the wheel of life.