NEO
This world of glitter, posh and pretence
This world of the enemies of humanity
This world of money-lusting rivalries
What is the purpose of this world?
Bodies carry wounds
Gazes are troubled
Hearts are laden
Souls are broken
Is this a world or a senseless universe?
What is success in this world?
Where a man’s honour is a plaything
Where virtue is hollow to many
Where the dead become profitable
Where life is cheaper than death
Is this a world or a senseless universe?
What is success in this world?
Where love happens to be a trade-off
Where the youth are led into sleaze
Where women are consigned as objects
Where the old are neglected and alone
Is this a world or a senseless universe?
What is success in this world?
This world with a price on everything
This world where humanity is nothing
Where trust is vain, friendship is for sale
Where love is conditional to objects
Is this a world or a senseless universe?
What is success in this world?
Burn down this world
Consign it to the flames
Remove it from my face
Keep it to yourself
Do not deny me
My humanity
Adapted from PYAASA (1957)
« Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye To Kya Hai »
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi – the Rebel Poet.