in ujle mahalo ke tale ham gandi gliyon mein pale
in ujle mahalo ke tale ham gandi gliyon mein pale
sau sau bojhe man pe liye mel aur mati tan pe leye
sau sau bojhe man pe liye mel aur mati tan pe leye
dukh sahte gam khate rehe fir bhi haste gate rehe lehrate rehe
ham dipak tufa mein jle ham gandi gliyon mein pale
in ujle mahalo ke tale ham gandi gliyon mein pale

duniya ne thukraya hame rasto ne apnaya hame
duniya ne thukraya hame rasto ne apnaya hame
sadke ma sadke hi pita sadke ghar sadke hi chita
kyu hi jivan bita kyu aaye kya karke tale
ham gandi gliyon mein pale
in ujle mahalo ke tale ham gandi gliyon mein pale

dil mein khtka kuch bhi nahi hamko prwaah kuch bhi nahi
dil mein khtka kuch bhi nahi hamko prwaah kuch bhi nahi
caho to na kora kaho caho to bekora kaho aawara kaho
ham hi bure tum sab ho bhle ham gandi gliyon mein pale
in ujle mahalo ke tale ham gandi gliyon mein pale

Beneath the ivory towers, we were born in shadowed lanes,
Beneath the ivory towers, we were born in shadowed lanes.
With burdens heavy on the soul, grime and dust upon our skin,
With burdens heavy on the soul, grime and dust upon our skin.
Bearing sorrow, eating grief, yet still we laughed and sang, we swayed,
We are the lamps that burned in storms, we were born in shadowed lanes,
Beneath the ivory towers, we were born in shadowed lanes.

The world rejected us, the roads embraced us then,
The world rejected us, the roads embraced us then.
Roads as mother, roads as father, roads as home, roads our pyre,
Why did life pass, why did we come, what did we do beneath?
We were born in shadowed lanes,
Beneath the ivory towers, we were born in shadowed lanes.

No regrets linger in the heart, no care do we hold,
No regrets linger in the heart, no care do we hold.
Call us empty, if you will, call us unburdened, call us vagrant,
We are the wicked, you are the good, we were born in shadowed lanes,
Beneath the ivory towers, we were born in shadowed lanes.