chingaari wahi fir bhadki
dil me wahi tufaan uthe
dabaya tha jin jakhmo ko
fir chamke
sulaya tha jin sapno ki
fir jaage

mere dost mere humdum kaise samjhaaun tumhe
jivan ek sauda hai
hum sab hai saudaai
chamka suraj kabhi to kabhi badli ghir aayi
jivan ek sauda hai

acche bure hai jaise bhi anubhav lene padte hai
ghor andhera ho ya ujiyara dono sath me chalte hai
sukh dukh koi tedha chakkar
aise hi chalte rehta hai
jivan ek sauda hai

tujmse milke jivan me
aisi veena gunji thi
har saans aur khaylao me mere tum the
tum the tumhi the
par duniya ki sajayen hi hai aisi, manna yahi padta hai
jivan ek sauda hai

nichchhal bahte jharne ke amrit jaise jal ho tum
komal khilte fulo se bhaav hai tumhaare nirmal
par paribhasa mere jivan ki
aur hai, aur, aur rahegi vo
jivan ek sauda hai

sambandh ye hum dono ke
ek mitha sapna the
man ke gulshan me mere
nai bahaar ka dhokha the
hakikat ke daayre sankre hai
unme nibh na paayenge
jivan ek sauda hai
hum sab hai saudaai
chamka suraj kabhi to kabhi badli ghir aayi
jivan ek sauda hai

The spark, it flared anew,
Within my heart, a storm arose,
The wounds I’d tried to quell,
Now gleamed,
The dreams I’d lulled to sleep,
Awoke.

My friend, my confidant, how can I make you see?
Life is a bargain struck,
We are all its madmen,
Sometimes the sun shines bright, sometimes clouds gather near,
Life is a bargain struck.

Good and bad, however they appear,
Experiences we must embrace,
Dense darkness or bright light,
They walk hand in hand,
Joy and sorrow, a twisted dance,
Thus it goes, forever turning,
Life is a bargain struck.

Meeting you, a lyre resounded in my life,
In every breath, in every thought, you were,
You were, and only you were,
But the world’s decrees are such, this we must accept,
Life is a bargain struck.

Like the nectar of a pure, flowing spring, you are,
Your feelings, like tender blooms, are pure,
But the definition of my life,
Is other, is other, and will ever be so,
Life is a bargain struck.

Our bond, it was a sweet dream,
In the garden of my mind,
A promise of new spring, a deception,
The circles of reality are narrow,
Within them, we cannot endure,
Life is a bargain struck.
We are all its madmen,
Sometimes the sun shines bright, sometimes clouds gather near,
Life is a bargain struck.