kya ye jindagi hai kaisi bebsi hai bolo kyu khade ho gumsum
kya ye jindagi hai kaisi bebsi hai bolo kyu khade ho gumsum
ek baar mila de na, ek baar mila de na

sadiyo se yu hi sar pe dukho ka bojha uthaye
in parvato pe hum chal rahe hai bhukhe nange pyase
lao hath lao hath apne sath
lao hath apne sath chalke dekho do kadam tum
kya ye jindagi hai kaisi bebsi hai bolo kyu khade ho gumsum

kitni hai duri ham bade piche tum bade aage
tumhe chhu naa paye tumhe chhu bhi le to thukaraye jaye
apna mel nahi khel
apna mel nahi khel o babu kaha hum kaha tum
kya ye jindagi hai kaisi bebsi hai bolo kyu khade ho gumsum
ek baar mila de na, ek baar mila de na

humne ye mana hum to bure hai humne ki burayi
tum to bhale ho tumne humari ki kya balayi
samjhaao sikhlaao
samjhaao sikhlaao gale se laga ke hume tum
kya ye jindagi hai kaisi bebsi hai bolo kyu khade ho gumsum

Is this a life, this helplessness untold?
Why do you stand there, silent, cold?
Oh, let us meet, just once, I pray,
Let us meet, this very day.

For ages we have borne the weight of woes,
Across these mountains, hunger freely flows.
Come, give your hand, your hand I crave,
Come, walk with me, two steps we'll brave.
Is this a life, this helplessness untold?
Why do you stand there, silent, cold?

How great the distance, we so far behind,
You stand ahead, a different kind.
We cannot touch, though we may try,
And if we touch, we're cast aside.
No common ground, no shared design,
Oh friend, where you are, we can't align.
Is this a life, this helplessness untold?
Why do you stand there, silent, cold?
Oh, let us meet, just once, I pray,
Let us meet, this very day.

We have confessed our faults, our wicked ways,
You are the good, who lights our days.
Teach us, show us, how to be,
Embrace us, hold us close, and set us free.
Is this a life, this helplessness untold?
Why do you stand there, silent, cold?