ajab vidhi ka lekh
kisi se padha nahi jaaye
kisi se padha nahi jaaye
rajmahal ki raani
phir se vanwaas paayi
phir se vanwaas paayi
vaidehi ko tyaag dukhi
prabhu man hi man howe
dukhi prabhu man hi man howe
kand mool phal khaaye
kusha ke aasan par sowe
kusha ke aasan par sowe
din raat siya ki yaad
na bhoole pal bhi raghuraai
na bhoole pal bhi raghuraai
nainon ki ud gayi neend
udaasi mukh par hai chhaayi
udaasi mukh par hai chhaayi

yaha ram ki ratna
seeta sada lagaati thi ratna
seeta sada lagaati thi
man mein rakhkar prabhu ki moorat
dukh bisraati thi
apna dukh bisraati thi
kabhi seenchti bel kabhi seenchti bel
kabhi hirnon ko khilaati kheer
kabhi hirnon ko khilaati kheer
kabhi goonthhti haar
kabhi ganga jal laati thi
kabhi ganga jal laati thi
kabhi ram ki yaad kabhi ram ki yaad
tadak bijli si jaati beech
tadak bijli si jaati beech
wo bharam se bhari

tadap man mein reh jaati seet
tadap man mein reh jaati seet
gayi andheri raat gayi andheri raat
nishaa aasha ki ban chhaayi
shubh ghadi shubh din aaya
jaanki janani pag paayi
jaanki janani pag paayi

A decree of fate,
unreadable, a riddle untold.
Unreadable, a riddle untold.

The queen of the palace,
banished again to the wild.
Banished again to the wild.

He, the Lord, abandoned her,
sorrow consuming his heart.
Sorrow consuming his heart.

He ate roots and fruits,
slept on a bed of sacred grass.
Slept on a bed of sacred grass.

Day and night, Sita's memory,
never fading from the Lord's mind.
Never fading from the Lord's mind.

Sleep fled from his eyes,
gloom veiled his face.
Gloom veiled his face.

Here, once, Sita, his jewel,
adorned his life with gems.
Adorned his life with gems.

Keeping the Lord's image in her heart,
she forgot her own pain.
She forgot her own pain.

Sometimes she watered vines,
sometimes fed the deer sweet milk.
Sometimes fed the deer sweet milk.

Sometimes she strung garlands,
sometimes brought the Ganges' water.
Sometimes brought the Ganges' water.

Sometimes the memory of Ram,
a flash of lightning, cleaving the air.
A flash of lightning, cleaving the air.

She was filled with illusion.

Agony remained in her heart,
agony remained.
Dark night departed,
hope's dawn arose.
Hope's dawn arose.

Auspicious hour, auspicious day, arrived,
Janaki, the mother, was found.
Janaki, the mother, was found.