zindagi ae zindagi, humse mat kar dillagi
husn ki mehfil me hum kyu
ban gaye hain ajnabi
zindagi ae zindagi, humse mat kar dillagi
husn ki mehfil me hum kyu
ban gaye hain ajnabi
zindagi ae zindagi, humse mat kar dillagi

naachti hain husn ki parchhainya
naachti hain husn ki parchhainya
le rahi hain aarzu angdaiya
mere hisse me hain kyu tanhainya
suni suni kyu mere dil ki gali
zindagi ae zindagi, humse mat kar dillagi

jagmagati jaagti jungle ki raat
jagmagati jaagti jungle ki raat
gungunati naachti aanchal ki raat
dil me utri hain mere hulchal ki raat
dil me utri hain mere hulchal ki raat
jaise mehfil me kisi ki hain kami
zindagi ae zindagi, humse mat kar dillagi

phul se chehre, ye baaho ke chaman
phul se chehre, ye baaho ke chaman
jhumte hain lahlahate se badan
bas yahi bhule hain, jeene ka chalan
bas humi se kyu, hain teri dushmani
zindagi ae zindagi, humse mat kar dillagi
husn ki mehfil me hum kyu
ban gaye hain ajnabi
zindagi ae zindagi

Life, O Life, cease your flirtation with me,
Why in beauty's grand assembly,
have I become a stranger, unseen?
Life, O Life, cease your flirtation with me,
Why in beauty's grand assembly,
have I become a stranger, unseen?
Life, O Life, cease your flirtation with me.

Shadows of beauty dance and sway,
Shadows of beauty dance and sway,
Desires awaken, stretch, and play.
Why loneliness my only way?
Why is my heart's lane so barren, bare?
Life, O Life, cease your flirtation with me.

The jungle night, awake and bright,
The jungle night, awake and bright,
Whispers, dances in the shawl of light,
Turbulence descends within my heart's keep,
Turbulence descends within my heart's keep,
As if a presence, in the gathering, must weep.
Life, O Life, cease your flirtation with me.

Faces like blossoms, gardens of embrace,
Faces like blossoms, gardens of embrace,
Bodies sway, in a verdant space,
Only I have forgotten life's pace,
Why is your enmity only with me?
Life, O Life, cease your flirtation with me,
Why in beauty's grand assembly,
have I become a stranger, unseen?
Life, O Life...