jīvan āśhā ye hai merī
jīvan āśhā ye hai
jitne sahāre chhūṭ chuke haiṅ
sabkā sahārā ye hai
merī jīvan āśhā ye hai -2
yahī hai merī sārī pūṅjī yahī sab yahī sab sarmāyā hai -2
āṇkho kī ṭhaṇḍak man kī ḍhāṛhas -2
aur anndātā yah hai
merī jīvan āśhā ye hai -2
ye hī
yahī hai mujhko hīrā-panā yahī hai motī-mūṅgā
nām hai jiskā ek duvannī sārā khazānā yah hai
( ye jo gaī to gayā khazānā ās gaī
ās gaī aur jān gaī ) -2
sāre sahāre
sāre sahāre ṭūṭ na jāeṅ
dil ko dhaṛā ye hai -2
jīvan āśhā …
