khole band taale ye man ke
gaflat me kyu jeete
khwabo ki surahi se chakh le
amrit ke do chhinte

tode bandisho wali kasme
fursat me jo leke
kaali siyahi se bhi kaali rasme
hasrat se hai khele
bona paudha gamle ke daayre me
khul ne na ugega
beeje, ankur uske kabhi jami me
dekho amber kaise chhuyega
pabandiya khud pe lagaye na
tukdo me pura kya jeena
pabandiya yunhi lagaye na
rahke adhura kya jeena, sun jara

chilmano se ghuti
parda ye kyu hua
bulbulo se bharne do inki udaan
sab, kahti saba
sapno ko na dubao
jo rakhengi kafas me hi
wo pabandiya khud pe lagaye na
tukdo me pura kya jeena
pabandiya yunhi lagaye na
rahke adhura kya jeena, sun jara

bona paudha gamle ke daayre me
khul ke na ugega
beeje, ankur uske kabhi jami me
dekho amber kaise chhuyega
pabandiya khud pe lagaye na
tukdo me pura kya jeena
pabandiya yunhi lagaye na
rahke adhura
pabandiya yunhi lagaye na
tukdo me pura kya jeena
pabandiya yunhi lagaye na
behisabi se jeena

Unlatch the locks that bind the heart,
Why live in veiled, forgotten art?
From dreams' carafe, a taste divine,
Two drops of nectar, yours and mine.

Shatter the vows of weary chains,
Embrace the leisure, ease the strains.
Blacker than ink, the shadowed lore,
Played out with longing, evermore.
A seedling bound within the pot,
Will never bloom, forever not.
Unless its seed, finds earth's embrace,
And touches sky, with time and grace.
Don't shackle self with walls you've made,
Why live in fragments, life unplayed?
Don't bind yourself with chains of old,
Why live half-lived, a story told?

Behind the screens, the curtains drawn,
Why wear this veil, since early morn?
Let bubbles burst, their freedom find,
The morning breeze whispers to the mind.
Don't drown your dreams, in depths unseen,
For cages keep what might have been.
Don't shackle self with walls you've made,
Why live in fragments, life unplayed?
Don't bind yourself with chains of old,
Why live half-lived, a story told?

A seedling bound within the pot,
Will never bloom, forever not.
Unless its seed, finds earth's embrace,
And touches sky, with time and grace.
Don't shackle self with walls you've made,
Why live in fragments, life unplayed?
Don't bind yourself with chains of old,
Live unbound, behold!
Don't shackle self with walls you've made,
Why live in fragments, life unplayed?
Don't bind yourself with chains of old,
Live a life untold.