sataye huye ko satati hai dunia
mitaye huye ko mitati hai dunia
banati hai apne gharo me diwali
garibo ke deepak bujhati hai dunia
o dunia wale kitne jalim hai teri dunia wale
o dunia wale kitne jalim hai teri dunia wale
bahar se ye tan ke ujle lekin man ke kaale
bahar se ye tan ke ujle lekin man ke kaale
o dunia wale kitne jalim hai teri dunia wale

jamana hamara jamana nahi hai
yaha bekasho ka thikana nahi hai
hamaari khushi chin leti hai dunia
koi din hamara suhana nahi hai
o dunia wale kitne jalim hai teri dunia wale
o dunia wale kitne jalim hai teri dunia wale

bata kab talak yuhi rahna padega
sitam teri dunia ka sahna padega
tujhi se hai sikwa tujhi se sikayat
tujhi se o malik ye kahna padega
o dunia wale kitne jalim hai teri dunia wale
o dunia wale kitne jalim hai teri dunia wale
bahar se ye tan ke ujle lekin man ke kaale
o dunia wale kitne jalim hai teri dunia wale

The world torments the tormented, relentlessly,
Erasing those who've fallen, utterly.
It lights its homes with festive fire's grace,
And blows the lamps of the poor into the endless night.

O, people of the world, how cruel you are,
How cruel are the denizens of your earthly sphere!
Outwardly bright, in polished, gleaming array,
But hearts are darkened, a shadow's bleak snare.

This world is not ours, it cannot be.
No sanctuary exists for the bereft, you see.
Our joys, they steal, like whispers in the wind,
No day is sweet, no moment meant to be.

O, people of the world, how cruel you are,
How cruel are the denizens of your earthly sphere!

Tell me, until when must we bear this pain?
Your cruel world's oppression, again and again?
From you, we lament, a plea to the skies,
To You, O Lord, this complaint will remain.

O, people of the world, how cruel you are,
How cruel are the denizens of your earthly sphere!
Outwardly bright, in polished, gleaming array,
But hearts are darkened, a shadow's bleak snare.
O, people of the world, how cruel you are.