dekhta hai kya tu band aankho se
dil ki tujhe kya pata
ke paise ke yaar yaha par sabhi
jal jaayega tutega tera dil
yaha par tu samjha nahi
ke bikta hai saala
pyaar yaha par sahi

ye zindagi hai samjhe na koi
ye zindagi hai samjhe na koi
ye zindagi hai kaisi paheli
dhundhta hai kya
is berang duniya mein rango
har chehra yaha
hai dhokha fir se puraana wohi

jo hai tera kal hai
kisi aur ka bhai ye tu samjha nahi
ki bikta hai saala
pyaar yaha par sahi
ye zindagi hai samjhe na koi
ye zindagi hai samjhe na koi
ye zindagi hai kaisi paheli

kaisi deewano ki bheed hai
sabke sab dil ke fakeer
paise ke peer yaha pe sab
tu kya na samjha kabir
dil ke fakeer
hai saale dil ke fakeer yaha par
paise ke peer yaha pe sab
tu kya na samjha kabir
ye zindagi hai samjhe na koi
ye zindagi hai samjhe na koi
ye zindagi hai kaisi paheli

Do you see through eyes sealed tight?
Do you know the heart's true plight?
Here, friends of coin abound,
Your heart will break, be torn down.
You fail to grasp, you see,
How love is sold so easily.

This life, a riddle, none can solve,
This life, a riddle, none can revolve.
This life, a mystic's maze,
What seek you in these colorless days?
Each face, a veiled deceit,
The old illusion, bittersweet.

What is yours, tomorrow,
Belongs to another, my brother.
You fail to see, you see,
How love is sold so freely.
This life, a riddle, none can solve,
This life, a riddle, none can revolve.
This life, a mystic's maze.

A madman's throng, a frantic crowd,
All beggars of the heart, aloud.
Here, masters of the coin hold sway,
Do you not see, O Kabir, the way?
Beggars of the heart,
They are, these beggars of the heart.
Masters of coin are they.
Do you not see, O Kabir, the way?
This life, a riddle, none can solve,
This life, a riddle, none can revolve.
This life, a mystic's maze.