jindagi waqt ka aaina hai
jisme apna hi chehra anjana sa lagta hai
jisko samjho apna wo begana sa lagta hai
begaana sa lagta hai jindagi waqt ka aaina hai

jhutha hai duniya ka mela jhuti duniyadari
phir kyun deti palko ko khabon ki jimmedari
dur talak faila koyi virana sa lagta hai
jisko samjho apna wo begana sa lagta hai
begana sa lagta hai jindagi waqt ka aaina hai

thehri thehri kadmon se manjil ki kya ummede
behtar hai chup rahe ke apne hontho ko hi si de
jisko dekho aaj wahi deewana sa lagta hai
jisko samjho apna wo begaana sa lagta hai
begana sa lagata hai jindagi waqt ka aaina hai

kise pata kab kisi mod pe rahe na apna mann
jise na jana usi ki tarah ho jaye aakrshan
jara gaur se dekho to afsana sa lagta hai
jisko samjho apna wo begana sa lagta hai
jindagi waqt ka aaina hai
jisme apna hi chehra anjana sa lagta hai
jisko samjho apna wo begana sa lagta hai
begaana sa lagata hai jindagi waqt ka aaina hail

Life, a mirror to time's swift flight,
Shows a face unknown in its light.
The familiar, distant, a stranger's guise,
A stranger's guise, in time's mirrored skies.

False the world's fair, its commerce untrue,
Why burden the eyes with dreams to pursue?
A desert stretches, vast and bare,
The familiar, distant, a stranger's care.
A stranger's care, in time's mirrored skies.

From faltering steps, what can we claim?
Better to silence, to still the flame
Of words, that the heart of others may crave,
The ones we find today are deranged and brave.
The familiar, distant, a stranger's care.
A stranger's care, in time's mirrored skies.

Who knows when the mind's grasp will cease,
And surrender to an unknown peace?
Look closely now, a whispered tale,
The familiar, distant, a stranger's wail.
Life, a mirror to time's swift flight,
Shows a face unknown in its light.
The familiar, distant, a stranger's guise,
A stranger's guise, in time's mirrored skies.