jeena mushkil hai ke aasan
zara dekh to lo
jeena mushkil hai ke aasan
zara dekh to lo
log lagte hain pareshan
zara dekh to lo
jeena mushkil hai ke aasan
zara dekh to lo

ye naya sheher to hain
khub basaya tumne
ye naya sheher to hain
khub basaya tumne
kyun puraana hua viraan
zara dekh to lo
kyun puraana hua viraan
zara dekh to lo
log lagte hain, log lagte hain
log lagte hain pareshan
zara dekh to lo
jeena mushkil hai ke aasan
zara dekh to lo

ye sataish ki tamanna
ye sile ki parwa
ye sataish ki tamanna
ye sile ki parwa
kahan laaye hain ye armaan
zara dekh to lo
kahan laaye hain ye armaan
zara dekh to lo
log lagte hain, log lagte hain
log lagte hain pareshan
zara dekh to lo
jeena mushkil hai ke aasan
zara dekh to lo

tum ye kehate ho ke main gair hu
phir bhi shayad
tum ye kehate ho ke main gair hu
phir bhi shayad
nikal aaye koi pehchaan
zara dekh to lo
nikal aaye koi pehchaan
zara dekh to lo
log lagte hain, log lagte hain
log lagte hain pareshan
zara dekh to lo
jeena mushkil hai ke aasan
zara dekh to lo

Is life a burden, or a gentle stream?
Just look and see.
Is life a burden, or a gentle stream?
Just look and see.
Why do faces wear such troubled gleam?
Just look and see.
Is life a burden, or a gentle stream?
Just look and see.

This city new, a brilliant art,
You built with care.
This city new, a brilliant art,
You built with care.
Why does the old heart fall apart?
Just look and see.
Why does the old heart fall apart?
Just look and see.
And people seem, and people seem,
And people seem to bear despair.
Just look and see.
Is life a burden, or a gentle stream?
Just look and see.

This thirst for praise, this yearning prize,
That pulls us on.
This thirst for praise, this yearning prize,
That pulls us on.
Where have these restless longings tied?
Just look and see.
Where have these restless longings tied?
Just look and see.
And people seem, and people seem,
And people seem to bear despair.
Just look and see.
Is life a burden, or a gentle stream?
Just look and see.

You say I'm stranger, far away,
Beyond your ken.
You say I'm stranger, far away,
Beyond your ken.
Perhaps a kinship will hold sway?
Just look and see.
Perhaps a kinship will hold sway?
Just look and see.
And people seem, and people seem,
And people seem to bear despair.
Just look and see.
Is life a burden, or a gentle stream?
Just look and see.