jine ka agar andaz aaye
to kitni hansi hai zindagi
jine ka agar andaz aaye
to kitni hansi hai zindagi
marne ke liye jina hai agar
to kuch bhi nahi hai zindagi

kuch log yaha phulo ki jagah
kanto ki tamanna karte hai
kuch log yaha phulo ki jagah
kanto ki tamanna karte hai
jite hai na jine dete hai
hasti ko wo ruswa karte hai
hasti ko wo ruswa karte hai
jine ka agar andaz aaye
to kitni hansi hai zindagi
marne ke liye jina hai agar
to kuch bhi nahi hai zindagi

shabnam ki chamak, suraj ki kiran
kaliyo ki hansi dekhi hi nahi
shabnam ki chamak, suraj ki kiran
kaliyo ki hansi dekhi hi nahi
ye zindagi kitni dilkash hai
afsos kabhi dekhi hi nahi
afsos kabhi dekhi hi nahi
jine ka agar andaz aaye
to kitni hansi hai zindagi
marne ke liye jina hai agar
to kuch bhi nahi hai zindagi

If you but grasp the art of life,
How beautiful a thing it is!
If you but grasp the art of life,
How beautiful a thing it is!
But if you live to merely die,
Then life is naught, a hollow abyss.

Some here desire thorns instead,
Preferring wounds to bloom's embrace.
Some here desire thorns instead,
Preferring wounds to bloom's embrace.
They neither live nor let life live,
And shame the soul with their disgrace.
And shame the soul with their disgrace.
If you but grasp the art of life,
How beautiful a thing it is!
But if you live to merely die,
Then life is naught, a hollow abyss.

The dewdrops' gleam, the sun's warm ray,
The blossoms' laughter, unseen, unheard.
The dewdrops' gleam, the sun's warm ray,
The blossoms' laughter, unseen, unheard.
How captivating life can be,
Alas, it's something they've not preferred.
Alas, it's something they've not preferred.
If you but grasp the art of life,
How beautiful a thing it is!
But if you live to merely die,
Then life is naught, a hollow abyss.