kaam jahan mein kya-kya hote
kaam jahan mein kya-kya hote
din-dahade, din-dahade, din-dahade
khel tamashe kya kya hote
khel tamashe kya kya hote
khel tamashe kya kya hote
din-dahade, din-dahaade, din-dahade

kaisa nazuk daur hai dekho
kaisa nazuk daur hai dekho
paharedar bhi chor hai dekho
ujale ujale bhesh mein bande
ghunghat kholo to ye nange
husn yahan par lutte rahte
husn yahan par lutte rahte
husn yahan par lutte rahte
din-dahade, din-dahade, din-dahade

unche unche mahlon vale
unche unche mahlon vale
kitna niche girte jayein
bagador hai hath mein inke
jisko chahe use nachayein
chikh kisi ki suni na jaye
chikh kisi ki suni na jaye
chikh kisi ki suni na jaye
din-dahade, din-dahade, din-dahade

kul dharati shamshan bani hai
kul dharati shamshan bani hai
zulmon ka tufan bani hai
gandhi tilak javahar bhagat singh
kab tak ye sab katte rahenge
isa suli chadhaye jate
isa suli chadhaye jate
isa suli chadhaye jate
din-dahade, din-dahade, din-dahade

tu kyon chup hai upar vale
are tu kyon chup hai upar vale
ab ye duniya kaun sambhale
ek pal tu dharati pe aa ja
chakr sudarshan yahan chala ja
barbadi ke savan dekhe
barbadi ke savan dekhe
din-dahade, din-dahade, din-dahade
kaam jahan mein kya-kya hote
kaam jahan mein kya-kya hote

What deeds unfold in this world's stage,
What deeds, what plays, in the light of day,
The masquerade, the games, the rage,
Played out and over, come what may.

See how fragile is the age we keep,
Where guards themselves are thieves in guise,
Those cloaked in white, secrets they reap,
Unveil the masks, and see the lies.
Beauty here is plundered, torn,
Beauty here, relentlessly forlorn,
In the light of day, a world reborn.

Those in high towers, reaching skyward,
How low they fall, in their disgrace,
The reins they hold, the puppets they bind,
Whom they command, they can erase.
No cry is heard, no plea remains,
No cry, as sorrow now sustains,
Played out and over, in the day's refrains.

The whole Earth, a funeral pyre,
A storm of cruelty, ever near,
Gandhi, Tilak, Nehru, martyrs' fire,
How long will they be felled by fear?
Christ upon the cross, they raise,
Christ upon the cross, in a haze,
Played out and over, in these days.

Why are You silent, up above?
Who now will mend this broken sphere?
Descend, in a moment, show Your love,
Unleash Your righteous power here.
I've seen destruction's heavy rain,
Destruction's tears, and endless pain,
Played out and over, once again.
What deeds unfold in this world's stage,
What deeds, what plays, in the light of day.