aaj rota hai kyu, aaj rota hai kyu
aaj rota hai kyu jaan khota hai kyu
julm dhata raha muskurata raha
jaal har raste me bichhata raha
fas gaya khud to bechain hota hai kyu
aaj rota hai kyu jaan khota hai kyu

phul tera bhi khilne na paye
baddua hai di baago ne tujhko
phul tera bhi khilne na paye
baddua hai di baago ne tujhko
bhar diya zindagi me andhera
ye saza di hai chirago ne tujhko
tu jo har roshani ko bujhta raha
jaal har raste me bichhata raha
fas gaya khud to bechain hota hai kyu
aaj rota hai kyu jaan khota hai kyu

rahm ki bhikh duniya na tujhko degi
tujhko duniya pe kab rahm aaya
rahm ki bhikh duniya na tujhko degi
tujhko duniya pe kab rahm aaya
pad gaya jis pe tera saya
dil kabhi vo dhadkane na paya
hasne valo rona sikhata raha
jaal har raste me bichhata raha
fas gaya khud to bechain hota hai kyu
aaj rota hai kyu jaan khota hai kyu

use pahle bhi gujare hai jalim
unka anjam kuch to socha hota
use pahele bhi gujare hai jalim
unka anjam kuch to socha hota
dhup kab tak julm ki rahegi
aayegi shyam socha to hota kaise kaise tu
julm dhata raha muskurata raha
jaal har raste me bichhata raha
fas gaya khud to bechain hota hai kyu
aaj rota hai kyu jaan khota hai kyu

Why do you weep today, why do you weep?
Why lose your soul, why fall asleep?
You built your cruelties, with smiles so wide,
A web of traps on every side.
Now caught, you thrash, your spirit bleeds,
Why do you weep, why sow these seeds?

Your flower too, was meant to fade,
The gardens cursed the life you made.
Your flower too, was meant to fade,
The gardens cursed the life you made.
You filled the world with darkest night,
The lamps themselves brought down their blight.
You snuffed each light, a darkened art,
A web of traps to tear apart.
Now caught, you thrash, your spirit bleeds,
Why do you weep, and sow these seeds?

No mercy's grace the world will lend,
Did you show mercy, to the end?
No mercy's grace the world will lend,
Did you show mercy, to the end?
Whom you have shadowed, hearts will cease,
Their beating hushed, no more release.
You taught the fair to weep and moan,
A web of traps you've always sown.
Now caught, you thrash, your spirit bleeds,
Why do you weep, and sow these seeds?

Before you, tyrants met their fate,
Did you not pause to contemplate?
Before you, tyrants met their fate,
Did you not pause to contemplate?
How long the sun of tyranny,
Then came the night, you failed to see.
You built your cruelties, with smiles so wide,
A web of traps on every side.
Now caught, you thrash, your spirit bleeds,
Why do you weep, why sow these seeds?