kyu karta maan jawani ka
kyu karta maan jawani ka
tu ek bulbula pani ka
tu ek bulbula pani ka
kyu karta maan jawani ka
kyu karta maan jawani ka
tu ek bulbula pani ka
tu ek bulbula pani ka

ye raunak sari do din ki
ho do din ki
ho do din ki
jiwan phulwari do din ki
ho do din ki
ho do din ki
kyu karta tera mera hai
na tera hai na mera hai
kyu karta tera mera hai
na tera hai na mera hai
duniya hai naam kahani ka
duniya hai naam kahani ka
tu ek bulbula pani ka
tu ek bulbula pani ka
kyu karta maan jawani ka
kyu karta maan jawani ka
tu ek bulbula pani ka
tu ek bulbula pani ka

ye rup jawani rang rahe
na rang rahe
na rang rahe
sada koi bhi tere sang rahe
na sang rahe
na sang rahe
jo dekh raha hai sapna hai
koi na tera apna hai
jo dekh raha hai sapna hai
koi na tera apna hai
duniya hai naam kahani ka
duniya hai naam kahani ka
tu ek bulbula pani ka
tu ek bulbula pani ka
kyu karta maan jawani ka
kyu karta maan jawani ka
tu ek bulbula pani ka
tu ek bulbula pani ka

Why do you cling to youth's fleeting reign?
Why do you cling to youth's fleeting reign?
You are but a bubble on water's plain.
You are but a bubble on water's plain.
Why do you cling to youth's fleeting reign?
Why do you cling to youth's fleeting reign?
You are but a bubble on water's plain.
You are but a bubble on water's plain.

All this splendor, a mere two days' show,
A mere two days,
A mere two days,
Life's garden, its bloom, a mere two days' glow,
A mere two days,
A mere two days,
Why this 'mine' and 'yours,' a transient plea?
Neither yours, nor mine, for eternity.
Why this 'mine' and 'yours,' a transient plea?
Neither yours, nor mine, for eternity.
The world's a tale, a whispered name, you see,
The world's a tale, a whispered name, you see,
You are but a bubble on water's plain.
You are but a bubble on water's plain.
Why do you cling to youth's fleeting reign?
Why do you cling to youth's fleeting reign?
You are but a bubble on water's plain.
You are but a bubble on water's plain.

This form of youth, its colors fade and flee,
Fade and flee,
Fade and flee,
No one stays forever, bound to thee,
Bound to thee,
Bound to thee,
All you behold, a dream's embrace,
No one truly yours in this time and space,
All you behold, a dream's embrace,
No one truly yours in this time and space,
The world's a tale, a whispered name, you see,
The world's a tale, a whispered name, you see,
You are but a bubble on water's plain.
You are but a bubble on water's plain.
Why do you cling to youth's fleeting reign?
Why do you cling to youth's fleeting reign?
You are but a bubble on water's plain.
You are but a bubble on water's plain.