zindagi khwab hai aah me bhi pata
par hume zindagi se bahut pyaar tha
wo sukh bhi the dukh bhi the dil ko
ghere hue chahe jaisa tha rang sansaar tha
aa gai thi shikatay labo tak
magar kise kehte to kya kehna bekaar tha
chal pade dard pi kar to tan pe lage
haar kar baith jane ko inkaar tha
chand din tha basera hmara yahan
hum bhi mehmaan the ghar to uska tha
humsafar ek din to bichadna hi tha
alvida alvida alvida alvida

Life's a dream, a sigh in its known embrace,
Yet, to life, our hearts held a love so deep.
Joy and sorrow danced, a constant chase,
Enfolding the soul, secrets to keep.

Complaints rose, poised upon the lip's edge,
But to whom to speak, a futile plea.
We walked on, pain our weary pledge,
Defeat's embrace? No, it could not be.

A moonlit span, our fleeting stay,
Guests we were, in a home not ours to claim.
Companions parted, come what may,
Farewell, farewell, a whispering flame.