aankh padti hai kahi
panw kahi padta hai
sabki hai tumko khabar
apni khabar kuch bhi nahi
sabki hai tumko khabar
apni khabar kuch bhi nahi

sama hai gul bhi hai
bulbul bhi hai parwana bhi hai
raat ki raat ye sab kuch hai
shahar kuch bhi nahi
raat ki raat ye sab kuch hai

asur ki dhum hai
sab kahte hain yu hai yu hai
itna hai ek teri thokar ka
magar kuch bhi nahi

nesti ki hai mujhe
puchhe hasti ki talash
sair karta hu udhar ki
ki jidhar kuch bhi nahi
sair karta hu udhar ki

ek aansu bhi asar jab na kare
trisna faydar hone se
hai didetar kuc bh nahi
faydar hone se
hai didetar kuc bh nahi
aankh padti hai kahi

The eye alights elsewhere,
the foot treads a different ground,
you know the world entire,
yourself, unknown, unbound.
You know the world entire,
yourself, unknown, unbound.

The garden blooms, the rose unfolds,
the nightingale sings its desire,
the moth dances in flames,
yet the city holds no fire.
The night holds all,
the city, none.

Demon whispers in the wind,
"It is thus, and it is so," they claim,
but a single stumble from you
unravels it, all the same.

In nothingness I seek my plea,
the quest for being's gleam,
I wander to that silent shore,
where nothing is, it would seem.
I wander to that silent shore,

A tear shed offers no relief,
nor thirst, nor any gain,
though you may stare,
you see there,
nothing is the same.