le aayi hai bite hue lamho ko phir ha ye zindagi
yu beraham si ho gayi, lene chali jaan ye zindagi
khuda kyu ruth gaya mujhse, nahi tha bair mera tujhse
kyun tune chhin liya mujhse mera jahan
ae khuda khuda tu bata bata

ummid thi armaan the, khushiya bhi thi behisaab si
baaho me thi duniya meri, thi zindagi jaise khwaab si
har ik pal roshan roshan tha, mehakta dil ka aangan tha
tha jannat se badh ke pyaara mera jahaan
ae khuda khuda tu bata bata
ye kya kiya khuda haay ye kyun kiya khuda
bata mere khuda thi kya meri khata
bejaan si hai zindagi, har saans hai ghamzada
ye kya kiya khuda haay ye kyun kiya khuda
bata mere khuda thi kya meri khata

ummid hai tuti hui, tanhaiyo ka daur hai
hai khwahishe bikhri hui, khamoshiyo ka shor hai
bula le apne paas mujhe, na aaye jina raas mujhe
kyun tune chhin liya mujhse mera jahan
ae khuda khuda tu bata bata
ye kya kiya khuda haaye ye kyun kiya khuda
bata mere khuda thi kya meri khata
bejaan si hai zindagi, har saans hai ghamzada
ye kya kiya khuda haay ye kyun kiya khuda
bata mere khuda thi kya meri khata

Life, a thief, returns with yesterday's ghost,
Now cruel, a soul-snatcher, a merciless host.
Why has God turned from me, what rancor did I sow?
Why did you steal from me the world I used to know?
Oh God, God, tell me, show me the way.

Hope bloomed, desires unfurled, joy boundless, free,
The world held within my arms, life a sweet reverie.
Each moment bright, aglow, my heart's courtyard perfumed,
My world, more precious than paradise, illumined.
Oh God, God, tell me, show me the way.

What have you done, God? Why this fate you've spun?
Tell me, my God, what grievous sin have I done?
Lifeless now, this breath, each sigh a heavy plea,
What have you done, God? Why this misery?
Tell me, my God, what grievous sin have I done?

Hope, shattered and broken, solitude's reign,
Desires scattered, lost in silence's pain.
Call me to your side, this life, it cannot be,
Why did you steal from me the world I used to see?
Oh God, God, tell me, show me the way.

What have you done, God? Why this fate you've spun?
Tell me, my God, what grievous sin have I done?
Lifeless now, this breath, each sigh a heavy plea,
What have you done, God? Why this misery?
Tell me, my God, what grievous sin have I done?