koi chal diya akela koi rah gaya akela
koi chal diya akela koi rah gaya akela
arey zindagi ke malik tune kya ye khel khela
koi chal diya akela koi rah gaya akela

koi jal raha chita me koi dil jala raha hai
koi hasrato ko lekar kahi dur ja raha hai
kahi hichkiya bandhi hai kahi aasuo ka mela
koi chal diya akela koi rah gaya akela

o bani thi kal suhagan vahi bani aaj abhagan
ye sitam nahi to kya hai ke chhuta piya ka daman
aasman vale tera khub hai jhmela
koi chal diya akela koi rah gaya akela

hai isi ka naam kismat koi zindagi se haara
mile har kadam par thokar na mila kahi sahara
kahi raat hai andheri kahi saaz ki hai bela
koi chal diya akela koi rah gaya akela

arey zindagi ke malik tune kya ye khel khela
koi chal diya akela koi rah gaya akela
koi chal diya akela koi rah gaya akela

One departs alone, one remains in solitude,
One departs alone, one remains in solitude.
Oh, Master of Life, what game have you played?
One departs alone, one remains in solitude.

One burns on the pyre, one burns the heart's core,
One carries desires, to a distant shore.
Hiccups bind in one place, tears form a vast flow,
One departs alone, one remains in solitude.

She who was a bride yesterday, today bears ill fate,
What cruelty is this, to leave a beloved's gate?
Oh, Sky-dweller, your web is complex and deep,
One departs alone, one remains in solitude.

This is what they call destiny, one loses life's art,
Tripped at every step, finding no helping heart.
Darkness of night in one place, music in another's keep,
One departs alone, one remains in solitude.

Oh, Master of Life, what game have you played?
One departs alone, one remains in solitude.
One departs alone, one remains in solitude.