na dalamat se itna
ki maut dar se aa jaye
zindagi bas me kaha tere
zindagi bas me kaha tere
maut agar se aa jaye
na zindagi ke karib tu
na zindagi ke karib tu
na maut ke karib tu
na zindagi ke karib tu
na maut ke karib tu
aadami kahe aadmi se
aadmi azeeb tu
aadmi kahe aadami se
aadami azeeb tu

zindagi ek sharab to
zindagi ek sharab to
aadami betab to
bhagata har tere piche
milte jiska nasib tu
bhagata har tere piche
milte jiska nasib tu
na zindagi ke karib tu
zindagi ek nasha hai to
aadami ek shisha hai to
aadami ek shisha hai to
takdir ke sagar me bhara
zahar amrit ya sharab tu
na zindagi ke karib tu

zindagi ke lalach hai to
zindagi ke lalach hai to
maut aakhri sach hai to
maut aakhri sach hai to
maut se pehle
tutata nahi zindagi aisa khwab tu
maut se pehle
tutata nahi zindagi aisa khwab tu
aadami kahe aadmi se
aadmi azeeb tu
aadmi kahe aadami se
aadami azeeb tu

Do not fear the darkness so,
Lest death should find you in its thrall.
Life's not yours to command, you know,
Nor to your beck and call.
Neither near to life you draw,
Nor close to death's embrace.
Neither near to life you draw,
Nor close to death's dark space.
One man to another cries,
"Strange, strange is human grace!"
One man to another cries,
"Strange, strange is human grace!"

If life's a wine, a potent draught,
And man, a thirst that cannot cease,
Chasing shadows, ever sought,
The fortune's fleeting peace.
Chasing shadows, ever sought,
The fortune's fleeting peace.
Neither near to life you draw,
If life's a drug, a heady haze,
And man, a mirror, catching light,
In fate's vast ocean, filled with ways,
Poison, nectar, or the night.
Neither near to life you draw.

If life's a lure, a gilded snare,
And death, the final, certain truth,
Before death's kiss, you cannot bear,
Life's dream, the fleeting youth.
Before death's kiss, you cannot bear,
Life's dream, the fleeting youth.
One man to another cries,
"Strange, strange is human grace!"
One man to another cries,
"Strange, strange is human grace!"