dekhta hai kya tu band aankho se dil ki
tujhe kya pata ki paise ke yar
yaha sabhi par sabhi
jal jayega tutega tera dil yaha par tu
samjha nahi ki bikta hai
sara pyar yaha par sahi

ye jindagi hai samjhe na koi
ye jindagi hai samjhe na koi
ye jindagi hai kaisi paheli
dhundhta hai kya is berang
duniya mein rango har chehra yaha
hai dhokha fir se purana wahi

jo hai tera kal hai
kisi aur ka bhi ye tu samjha nahi
ki bikta hai sara pyar yaha par sahi
ye jindagi hai samjhe na koi
ye jindagi hai samjhe na koi
ye jindagi hai kaisi paheli

kaisi deewano ki bhid hai
sab ke sab dil ke fakir
paise ke pir yaha par sab
tu kya na samjha kabhi
dil ke fakir hai
sale dil ke fakir yaha par
paiso ke pir
tu kya na samjha kabhi ye yaha
ye jindagi hai samjhe na koi
ye jindagi hai samjhe na koi
ye jindagi hai kaisi paheli

What do your blinded eyes perceive, within the heart's deep core?
Do you not see the price that love must pay, here on this shore?
Friend, here, all are consumed, your heart will shatter, understand,
That every tender feeling, love itself, is bought throughout the land.

This life, a riddle, none can truly know,
This life, a riddle, none can truly know,
This life, a puzzle, in its secret flow.
What hues do you seek in this world, bereft of grace?
Each face a deception, the old deceit, time cannot erase.

What you claim as yours, tomorrow's dream,
Belongs to another, it would seem.
Have you not grasped that love, in all its truth, is sold?
This life, a riddle, none can truly hold,
This life, a riddle, none can truly know,
This life, a puzzle, in its secret flow.

A madman's throng, a fevered, desperate plea,
All beggars of the heart, eternally.
Pious to Mammon, they kneel and pray,
Did you not see this, every passing day?
Beggars of the heart, they wander, lost and frail,
Servants of the coin, behind the painted veil.
Did you not see this truth, or turn away your gaze?
This life, a riddle, in its winding maze,
This life, a riddle, none can truly know,
This life, a puzzle, in its secret flow.