takdir ne chirag e tamanna bhuja diya
marne se pahle khak me, humko mila diya
marne se pahle khak me, humko mila diya
jo shakh, thi kisi ki ummido ka aashiya
ummido ka aashiya
kismat ki bijliyo ne, usi ko jala diya
marne se pahle khak me, humko mila diya
marne se pahle khak me, humko mila diya

sehare ke phul dekhne, paya na tha koi
paya na tha koi
zalim akal ne ek naya gul khila diya
marne se pahle khak me, humko mila diya
marne se pahle khak me, humko mila diya

ek zakhm hai jigar me
to ek daag dil me hai
ek daag dil me hai
ae dene wale tune diya bhi, to kya diya
marne se pahle khak me, humko mila diya
marne se pahle khak me, humko mila diya
takdir ne chirag e tamanna bhuja diya
marne se pahle khak me, humko mila diya
marne se pahle khak me, humko mila diya

Fate extinguished the lamp of desire,
Before death, to dust, it did us retire.
Before death, to dust, it did us retire.
A branch that was, of hopes, a nest so high,
Of hopes, a nest so high,
By fortune's lightning, it was set afire.
Before death, to dust, it did us retire.
Before death, to dust, it did us retire.

To see desert blooms, none had the chance,
None had the chance,
Cruel intellect, a new bloom did conspire.
Before death, to dust, it did us retire.
Before death, to dust, it did us retire.

A wound in the liver,
A stain upon the heart,
A stain upon the heart,
O Giver, what have you given, to aspire?
Before death, to dust, it did us retire.
Before death, to dust, it did us retire.
Fate extinguished the lamp of desire,
Before death, to dust, it did us retire.
Before death, to dust, it did us retire.