hey ha hey uparwla kya maangega, are humse koi jawab
hey uparwla kya maangega, humse koi jawab
hey bhaari padega kahna sunana, humse are janaab
jawab to hum maangenge, hisab to hum maangenge
jawab to hum maangenge, hisab to hum maangenge
hey uparwla kya maangega, humse koi jawab
hey bhaari padega kahna sunana, humse are janaab
jawab to hum maangenge, hisab to hum maangenge
jawab to hum maangenge, hisab to hum maangenge

mushkil kya hai, teri meri kya apni haalat hai
marna bhi aasan nahi hai, jeena bhi aafat hai
ye sab soche kisko pyare, kab itni fursat hai
ho isko roke toke koi, kis mein ye jurrat hai
are is duniya mein, laake usne ae ha
is duniya mein, laake usne humko kiya kharab
hey uparwla kya maangega, humse koi jawab
hey bhaari padega kahna sunana, humse are janaab
jawab to hum maangenge, hisab to hum maangenge
jawab to hum maangenge, hisab to hum maangenge

ae bekari hai hadse jyada, becharo ki lambi kyun hai kyun
hey bas mein kyun hai bhaktichal mein, bimaro ki lambi kyun hai kyun
ration ki dukan mein kyun hai, murdo ki shamshan mein kyun hai
yaha bhi kyun hai, waha bhi kyun hai
wahi hai rada jaha, bhi kyun hai
lekin ye kyun, kyun hoti hai yaar
kyun se fursat mile to, hum ye kyun tumko batlaye
hey uparwala niche aaye, to usko samjhaye
majburo ko dukh dene se hey ha
majburo ko dukh dene se, milta nahi sawal
hey uparwla kya maangega, humse koi jawab
hey bhaari padega kahna sunana, humse are janaab
jawab to hum maangenge, hisab to hum maangenge
jawab to hum maangenge, hisab to hum maangenge

hum jaisa insaan wo, bankar dharti par to aaye
are apna maafak is duniya mein, jikar to dikhlaye
hey haste haste, aansu pee le roke to muskaye
are daava hai jo din mein, usko taare najar naa aaye
o parde mein rehnewale
o parde mein rehnewale, khul jaaye teri nakaab
hey uparwla kya maangega, humse koi jawab
hey bhaari padega kahna sunana, humse are janaab
jawab to hum maangenge, hisab to hum maangenge
jawab to hum maangenge, hisab to hum maangenge

Oh, High One, what answers will You seek?
From us, no reply, we barely speak.
To hear Your words, a burden it shall be,
Oh, Sir, the reckoning we’ll demand, You see.
The answer we’ll seek, the account we'll crave,
The answer we’ll seek, the account we'll crave.
Oh, High One, what answers will You seek?
To hear Your words, a burden it shall be.
The answer we’ll seek, the account we'll crave,
The answer we’ll seek, the account we'll crave.

What struggle is this? Our plight, our own?
To die, not easy; life, a seed unsown.
Who ponders this, my love, when time is spent?
Who dares to question, where is the intent?
Into this world, to ruin we're thrust,
Into this world, to ruin we're thrust.
Oh, High One, what answers will You seek?
To hear Your words, a burden it shall be.
The answer we’ll seek, the account we'll crave,
The answer we’ll seek, the account we'll crave.

Oh, idleness abounds, the weary long the line,
Why are the sick, in chains, their burdens they define?
In rations' queue, the corpses are confined,
In the crematorium, the lost we find.
Here, and there, the suffering we see,
Wherever we look, the pain is free.
But why, oh why, does this torment persist?
If we could escape the "why," the tale we'd list.
Oh, if the High One came down to earth,
The reasons to Him, we would give birth.
To cause the weak such suffering, ah,
To cause the weak such suffering, no questions asked,
Oh, High One, what answers will You seek?
To hear Your words, a burden it shall be.
The answer we’ll seek, the account we'll crave,
The answer we’ll seek, the account we'll crave.

Become like us, a man, descend below,
And show us in this world, Your grace to bestow.
With laughter's mask, drink tears, and smile through woe,
The claims of the day, with starlight, will not grow.
Oh, hidden behind a veil,
Oh, hidden behind a veil, Your secret will not fail.
Oh, High One, what answers will You seek?
To hear Your words, a burden it shall be.
The answer we’ll seek, the account we'll crave,
The answer we’ll seek, the account we'll crave.