ai uṛi uṛi uṛi, e khāboṅ kī burī
ai aṅg raṅg hile, e sārī rāt bolī
halkī halkī kal rāt jo śhabnam girī
aṇkhiyāṇ vakhiyāṇ ban gaīṅ kal to āg meṅ ḍab-ḍab girī
pahlī-pahlī bāriśh kī chhīṭeṅ aisī bāriśh bhīge ho ho
nā ginā nā ginā nā ginā
ho dhā gā re nā nā re nā ginā
uljhī huī thī khul bhī gaī thī laṭ vo rāt bhar barsī
kabhī manāye khūb satāye vo sab yār kī hṇsī
chheṛ dūṇ maiṅ kabhī pyār se to taṅg hotī hai
chhoṛ dūṇ rūṭh ke to bhī to jaṅg hotī hai
ziṅdgī āṇkhoṅ kī āyat hai
ziṅdgī āṇkhoṅ meṅ rakhī terī amānat hai
ziṅdgī ai ziṅdgī ai ziṅdgī
(life, o life, o life)
laṛ-laṛ ke jīne ko ye lafz bhī toṛe haiṅ
mar-mar ke sīne meṅ ye śhīśhe joṛe haiṅ
tum kah do sab nāte maṅzil do socho to
aṅbar pe pahle hī sitāre thoṛe haiṅ
ziṅdgī āṇkhoṅ kī āyat hai
palkoṅ meṅ jhapkī hai mīṭhī śhikāyat hai
ziṅdgī ai ziṅdgī ai ziṅdgī