ye badnassib baccha
takdir ka hai maara
itne bade jahan me
ye ek besahara
ye badnassib baccha
takdir ka hai maara
itne bade jahan me
ye ek besahara
ye badnassib baccha
takdir ka hai maara

bachpan se iske sar pe
na baap ka hai saaya
na maa ne loriya di
na dudh hi pilaya
pi pi ke apne aansu
karta hai ye gujara
ye badnasib baccha
takdir ka hai mara

mujhko janam diya kyu
beraham jindagi ne
kude ke dher me kyu
fenka mujhe kisi ne
daaman pakad ke ek din
puchhega ye humara
ye badnasib baccha
takdir ka hai mara

kuch der ho na jaaye
andher ho na jaaye
ungli pakad le koi
kisi ki ye kho na jaaye
ye bhul hai kisi ki
ye phul hai humara
ye badnassib baccha
takdir ka hai maara
itne bade jahan me
ye ek besahara
ye badnassib baccha
takdir ka hai maara

This hapless child,
struck by fate's harsh hand,
alone in this vast world,
a solitary strand.
This hapless child,
struck by fate's harsh hand.

From infancy's dawn,
no father's shade he knew,
no mother's lullaby,
no milk to see him through.
Drinking his own tears,
his life he must endure.
This hapless child,
struck by fate's harsh hand.

Why did cruel life
grant me this breath?
Why cast me away,
upon a heap of death?
One day he will ask,
clutching our hem, beware,
This hapless child,
struck by fate's harsh hand.

Lest darkness descends,
before too long,
may a finger reach,
lest he goes wrong.
He is a mistake of someone,
he is our precious flower, to bear,
This hapless child,
struck by fate's harsh hand,
alone in this vast world,
a solitary strand.
This hapless child,
struck by fate's harsh hand.