hai ye paheli
kaisi humari ye zindagi
hai ye paheli
kaisi humari ye zindagi
bandh hatheli
pee le barf ye zindagi
kabhi hai kori
kabhi hai humpe ye hansti
shuru se mehangi
odhe kafan to ye sasti
jitna bhi samjhe hain ise
bane latifa latifa
jitna saware hain ise
rahe latifa latifa

kabhi akeli
kabhi ye shoro se hai bhari
dohri beli kare mann pe jadugari
hai ye wo chaabi
kismati taale jo kholti
dekhe to thali
chuaa katori thi khali
jitna bhi samjhe hain ise
bane latifa latifa
jitna saware hain ise
rahe latifa latifa

A riddle it is,
This life of ours, a mystery untold.
A riddle it is,
How we live, so brave and bold.
Fist tightly bound,
Drink this life's icy lore.
Sometimes pristine,
Sometimes it mocks us to our core.
Costly from the start,
Cheap when death unlocks the door.
The more we grasp,
The more a jest it seems to be.
The more we adorn,
The more a jest it'll ever be.

Alone it is sometimes,
Then filled with clamorous sound.
A double vine,
Casts magic on the heart's ground.
It is that key,
That opens fateful locks, you see.
Seen a grand plate,
Touched, a hollow bowl was she.
The more we grasp,
The more a jest it seems to be.
The more we adorn,
The more a jest it'll ever be.