Good renditions of 'Ek pyaar ka nagma hain' (Life is a song of love) - famous philosophical song from 1972 Hindi film, Shor

Superb rendition of the classic Hindi philosophical song from the 1972 film, Shor - "Ek pyaar ka nagma hain", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciNCQZ6eQjA, 4 min 19 secs. The lady singer is Sarrika Singh. The male singer is not named in the video description.

The lines in this rendition of the song (smaller version as compared to the original Hindi film song) are:
Ek pyaar ka nagma hain
[English: (It/Life) is a song of love]
Maujon ki ravaani hain
[English: (It/Life) is the flow of waves]
Zindagi aur kuch bhi nahin
[English: Life is nothing but]
Teri meri kahani hain
[English: the story of you and me (the hero & heroine and their child implied).]

Kuch paakar khona hain
[English: Some thing has to be got and then lost.]
Kuch khokar paana hain
[English: Some thing has to be lost and then (some other thing perhaps) got.]
Jeevan ka matlab to
[English: The meaning of life is]
Aana aur jaana hain
[English: (the) coming and going.]
Do pal ke jeevan se [The singer mistakenly says Do pal ke samandar mein]
[English: From (this) life of two moments (brief time period)]
Ek umra churani hain
[English: An age (a lifespan) has to be stolen.]
Zindagi aur kuch bhi nahin ..

Toofan ko aana hain
[English: The storm has to come]
Aakar chale jaana hain
[English: After having come, it has to go.]
Badal hain ye kuch pal ka
[English: These are clouds of a few moments (brief time period)]
Chakar dhal jana hain
[English: After having covered (the sky), it has to fade away]
Parchaiyan reh jaati
[English: The shadows remain]
Reh jaati nishaani hain
[English: What remains is the rememberance/memento]
Zindagi aur kuch bhi nahin ..
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Santosh Anand is the song writer. Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh sang in the original song with the music director being Laxmikant Pyarelal, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shor_(film).
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The original Hindi film video clip, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMw1xJG1l7Q, around 6 mins.
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Nice remix version by Sanam, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVv8rcMEMuM, 4 min. 41 secs.
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Interesting remix version by IMX, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMn3Fmcmf_U, 6 min. 35 secs.
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This one is rendered in 2017 and is a rendition of the original song with Pyarelal of Laxmikant-Pyarelal who gave the music to original song (1972 film Shor) playing the violin (or violin like instrument) to great melodious effect, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecmqs1GZ3Ew, 5 min. 45 secs. The singers, Mukhtar Shah & Sarita Rajesh, are good too. An enjoyable rendition!
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