jana hi hota hai agar aate kyu hai
todne hai agar rishte banate kyu hai
jana hi hota hai agar aate kyu hai
todne hai agar rishte banate kyu hai

halki si ik kharoche nasur banke ubhari
guzaregi kal sabhi pe jo aaj mujhpe guzari
jisko suna ke lori seene pe tha sulaya
uska janaja meine godi me hai uthaya
kanun agar yahi hai kanun agar yahi hai
banate kyu hai todne hai agar rishte banate kyu hai

is chot ka marham to duniya me nahi koi
sau baar dil tha roya phir aankh bhi hai royi
aadarsho ke safar me anmol chez khoi
is bojh ko uthana aasan nahi hai koi
kahe jo baadh kheti kahye jo baadh kheti
lagate kyu ahi todne hai agar rishte banate kyu hai
jana hi hota hai agar aate kyu hai
todne hai agar rishte banate kyu hai

badlengi ab dishayein inteha ho gayi hai
fariyad ki har seema ab paar ho gayi hai
sadiyo se is jaha ki ye reet chali aayi
apne apne hisse ki ladte hai sab ladai
ab samjha ki ravan ab samjha ki ravan
jalate kyu hai

Why arrive, if departure is the vow?
Why weave bonds, if severing is somehow?
Why arrive, if departure is the vow?
Why weave bonds, if severing is somehow?

A scratch, a whisper, blossoms as a sore,
Tomorrow's grief, today I must endure.
The lullaby once hushed upon my breast,
Now a funeral, cradled, put to test.
If this the law, if this the only way,
Why do we build, if we must then betray?

No balm exists to mend this open wound,
A hundred heartaches, tears that overflowed.
In ideals' quest, a treasure lost to fate,
This burden's weight, too heavy to abate.
The flood that claims the harvest, grain by grain,
Why sow the field, if loss is all to gain?
Why arrive, if departure is the vow?
Why weave bonds, if severing is somehow?

The compass turns, the ending now in sight,
My pleas transcend the limits of the light.
From ages past, this world's decree takes hold,
Each fights their war, a story to be told.
Now I perceive, now I understand,
Why do they burn, the fires across the land?