ek hi tha jagat me sahara
na raha ab to wo bhi humara
na raha na raha
ek hi tha jagat me sahara
na raha ab to wo bhi humara
na raha na raha

teri itni badi duniya me
teri itni badi duniya me
kisko jane hum apna sahara
koi jalta rahe to tumhe kya
tum to chupke se dekho nazara
na raha ab to wo bhi humara
na raha na raha

dekho dekho papiha pukara
kahi rota hai bulbul bechara
kahi girte hain aasu shama ke
dukh bhara hai jagat ye tumhara
par tumhe to daya bhi na aayi
lakh tadpa koi dukh maara
na raha ab to wo bhi humara
na raha na raha

hum ko insan bana kar utara
de ke bechainio ka sahara
tumse apne jaha ko bata kar
mujhko darde judai se mara
sukh kahi dukh kahi kahi rona
wah re malik nyay tumara
na raha ab to wo bhi humara
na raha na raha
ek hi tha jagat me sahara
na raha ab to wo bhi humara
na raha na raha

Once, a single solace bloomed,
In this world, now entombed.
Gone, forever gone,
Once, a single solace bloomed,
In this world, now entombed.
Gone, forever gone.

In your vast, boundless sphere,
In your vast, boundless sphere,
To whom shall we cling for grace?
If a heart should ignite and sear,
You watch with a silent face.
Gone, forever gone,
Gone, forever gone.

See, the cuckoo cries aloud,
Somewhere, the nightingale weeps and bowed,
And tears of candle-flame descend.
Sorrow's weight, your world endowed,
Yet mercy you will not lend.
Though suffering's heart is frayed and torn,
Gone, forever gone,
Gone, forever gone.

You sent us down, in human form,
Gave us unrest, a sheltering storm.
We proclaimed our world to you,
And struck us with parting’s harm.
Joy here, sorrow there, weeping too,
O Master, your justice, a cruel norm!
Gone, forever gone,
Gone, forever gone.
Once, a single solace bloomed,
In this world, now entombed.
Gone, forever gone.