uski raahe thi meri raaho me kahin
phir kyun ho gayi uski raahe matlabi
thi jin kamlaf me subah har ghadi
kaali raate hai, khali hai zindagi

sahmi zindagi kyun hai is tarah
sahmi har khushi kyu hai is tarah
puchhungi zindagi se zara ha
kuch to di hoti wajah

Her paths once mirrored mine, I see,
Yet selfish turns now claim her decree.
Where dawns once bloomed in every hour,
Now shadows reign, and life's a vacant bower.

Why does life cower, trembling, lost?
Why does joy's sweet music pay a cost?
I'll ask life, whisper in its ear,
"Grant me a reason, quell this fear."