uff ye zindagi, uff ye daud dhup
ye jivan ki daud me
yaro main pichhe rah gaya, rah gaya
nadi se chala tha main saagar banne
nadi se chala tha main saagar banne
ke saagar me maine
pura ye jivan dubo diya, dubo diya
uff ye zindagi, uff ye daud dhup

raahen mit gayi hain, kho gayi meri manjil
jaaye ab kaha ham, apni na koi mehfil
chhaya hain andhera jina hain mushkil
jina hain mushkil
uff ye zindagi, uff ye daud dhup

main ab main nahi hun, kuchh aur ho gaya hun
chaha tha kuchh banu main, lekin mit gaya hun
achcha ye samjha, main chup ho gaya hun
main chup ho gaya hun
uff ye zindagi, uff ye daud dhup
ye jivan ki daud me
yaro main pichhe rah gaya, rah gaya
uff ye zindagi, hay ye daud dhup hay

Oh, this life, this sun-scorched race,
In life's mad dash,
Friends, I'm left behind, adrift,
I set forth as a river, to be the sea,
I set forth as a river, to be the sea,
But in that ocean vast,
I drowned my entire life, submerged,
Oh, this life, this sun-scorched race.

The paths have vanished, my goal lost,
Where do we go now, no gathering of our own?
Darkness has fallen, living is hard,
Living is hard,
Oh, this life, this sun-scorched race.

I am no longer myself, I've become something else,
I wished to be something, but I've been erased,
I understood this, I have become silent,
I have become silent,
Oh, this life, this sun-scorched race,
In life's mad dash,
Friends, I'm left behind, adrift,
Oh, this life, alas, this sun-scorched race, alas.