ye mahloṅ, ye takhtoṅ, ye tājoṅ kī duniyā
ye iṅsān ke duśhman samājoṅ kī duniyā
ye daulat ke bhūkhe ravājoṅ kī duniyā
ye duniyā agar mil bhī jāye to kyā hai
har ek jism ghāyal, har ek rūh pyāsī
nigāho meṅ uljhan, diloṅ meṅ udāsī
ye duniyā hai yā ālam-e-badahvāsī
ye duniyā agar mil bhī jāye to kyā hai
jahāṇ ek khilaunā hai, iṅsān kī hastī
ye bastī hai murdā parastoṅ kī bastī
yahāṇ par to jīvan se maut sastī
ye duniyā agar mil bhī jāye to kyā hai
javānī bhaṭaktī hai badkār ban kar
javāṅ jism sajte haiṅ bājār bankar
yahāṇ pyār hotā hai vyopār bankar
ye duniyā agar mil bhī jāye to kyā hai
ye duniyā jahāṇ ādmī kuchh nahīṅ hai
vafā kuchh nahīṅ, dostī kuchh nahīṅ hai
yahāṇ pyār kī kadr hī kuchh nahīṅ hai
ye duniyā agar mil bhī jāye to kyā hai
jalā do ise, phūṇk ḍālo ye duniyā
mere sāmne se haṭā lo ye duniyā
tumhārī hai tum hī saṅbhālo ye duniyā
ye duniyā agar mil bhī jāye to kyā hai