bhola bachpan, dukhi jawani
lambi suni raaho me
nikle dard liye manjil ka
do khamosh nigaho me
kaun kahe raahi ko
kitni dur kaha tak jana hai
jiwan ki sunsan dagar me
kab tak thokar khana hai

Innocence, a laughing child, then youth, a weeping guise,
On paths that stretch, forlorn and long, where silent shadows rise.
With pain we seek a distant shore, reflected in a gaze,
Two eyes that hold a world of woe, in life's bewildering maze.

Who whispers to the weary soul, the miles it must endure?
The lonely road, the endless falls, the wounds that will not cure.
How far the journey, etched in dust, beneath the fading sun?
How long the heart will stumble on, 'til life's long race is run?