ye fasle ye duriya kaisi hai ye majburiya milke bhi kyu aakhir yaha
jami aasma nahi milte ye fasle ye duriya kaisi hai ye majburiya
milke bhi kyu aakhir yaha jami aasma nahi milte
jane kya hai ye bebasi bas naa kisi ka chale
sadiyon se badle nahi kudart ke faisale
kyon hai juda dono jahan milke bhi kyun aakhir yahan
jami aasma nahi milte ye fasle ye duriya kaisi hai ye majburiya
milke bhi kyu aakhir yaha jami aasma nahi milte

aachal me phul kya khile hotho ki hasi khil gayi
kaise ho gaye nate juda shama hi jalti rahe
tanha rahe kyu ye jism ja milke bhi kyu aakhir yaha
jami aasma nahi milte ye fasle ye duriya kaisi hai ye majburiya
milke bhi kyu aakhir yaha jami aasma nahi milte

aaho meinagar ho asar mumkin hai fir kya nahi
hi chumme jami ke kadam ye aasma bhi kahi
ek din mile dono jahan kaise kahen koi yahan
jami aasma nahi milte ye fasle ye duriya kaisi hai ye majburiya
milke bhi kyu aakhir yaha jami aasma nahi milte

These chasms, these gulfs, what binds them so?
These compulsions, why, though near, we're low?
Even when one meets the other, why
Do earth and sky forever lie?

What unseen despair, whose course we cannot sway?
For ages, nature's decrees hold their sway.
Why are two worlds so divided? Why,
Even when one meets the other, why
Do earth and sky forever lie?

What blooms in a heart, a smile's sweet start,
Yet, apart from the flame, the candle burns apart.
Why this solitude, this lonely frame?
Even when one meets the other, why
Do earth and sky forever lie?
These chasms, these gulfs, what binds them so?
These compulsions, why, though near, we're low?
Even when one meets the other, why
Do earth and sky forever lie?

If sighs hold their own magic, what will remain?
The earth kisses the feet, the heavens in the same vein.
One day, both worlds will meet, who can say?
Even when one meets the other, why
Do earth and sky forever lie?
These chasms, these gulfs, what binds them so?
These compulsions, why, though near, we're low?
Even when one meets the other, why
Do earth and sky forever lie?