( ziṅdgī hai duā, rab kī adā
kahke śhukriyā, jī lo nā
lāye the jī kyā, le jāyeṅ bhī kyā
kahke śhukriyā, jī lo nā ) -2
raṅgīṅ haiṅ, kabhī be-raṅgīṅ haiṅ
kabhī to hṇste-hṇste āṇkhoṅ ko rulāyeṅ
bantī hai, kabhī bigaṛtī hai
chalte-chalte kuchh ye sikhāyeṅ
haiṅ hasīṅ ye lamheṅ, jo mile haiṅ unheṅ
aise-vaise yūṇ hī kahīṅ dekho kabhī bevjah
ham na gṇvāyeṅ
haiṅ hasīṅ ye lamheṅ, jo mile haiṅ unheṅ
aise-vaise yūṇ hī kahīṅ dekho kabhī bevjah
ham na gṇvāyeṅ
ziṅdgī hai duā, rab kī adā
kahke śhukriyā, jī lo nā
lāye the jī kyā, le jāyeṅ bhī kyā
kahke śhukriyā, jī lo nā
armāṇ se, sajī ye dulhan haiṅ
ise ham tanhāī meṅ kaise phir bitāyeṅ
khāboṅ ko, jagā ke āṇkhoṅ meṅ
ummīdoṅ kā āṇchal ham uḍhāyeṅ
( pal-pal meṅ ḍhalī, halchal meṅ chalī
ḍūbī-ḍūbī khoī-khoī jāgī-jāgī soī-soī guzrī jāye ) -2
ziṅdgī hai duā, rab kī adā
kahke śhukriyā, jī lo nā
lāye the jī kyā, le jāyeṅ bhī kyā
kahke śhukriyā, jī lo nā
ziṅdgī hai -2
ziṅdgī hai duā -10