koi jab dard ka mara kabhi
aasu bahata hai
koi jab dard ka mara kabhi
aasu bahata hai
jamane se khuda samjhe
jamana muskurata hai
jamane se khuda samjhe
jamana muskurata hai

hamesha se yahi hota hai
is duniya ki mahfil me
tamasha dekhne wala
tamasha banke aata hai
jamane se khuda samjhe
jamana muskurata hai

jise dekha usi ne dil dukhaya
is jamane me
yahi hamne to dekha hai
jaha tak yad aata hai
jamane se khuda samjhe
jamana muskurata hai

When pain-struck souls weep,
tears a river's course,
when pain-struck souls weep,
tears a river's course,
God understands the hurt,
the world merely smiles,
God understands the hurt,
the world merely smiles.

Forever thus it unfolds,
in this world's grand theater,
the spectator arrives,
a spectacle himself,
God understands the hurt,
the world merely smiles.

Whomever I loved, they wounded,
in this cruel, fleeting age,
this truth I've witnessed,
as far as memory reaches,
God understands the hurt,
the world merely smiles.