ek nadi thi dono kinaare
tham ke behti thi, ek nadi thi
ek nadi thi koi kinara chhod na sakti thi
ek nadi thi, ek nadi thi, ek nadi thi
ek nadi thi, ek nadi thi

todti to sailaab aa jata, todti to sailaab aa jata
karvat le to saari zameen beh jaati, ek nadi thi
ek nadi thi dono kinaare, tham ke behti thi
ek nadi thi dono kinaare, tham ke behti thi, ek nadi thi

aazaad thi jab jharne ki tarah, jharne ki tarah
aazaad thi jab jharne ki tarah, jharne ki tarah
jharne ki tarah, jharne ki tarah
aazaad thi jab jharne ki tarah, chattano pe behti thi
ek nadi thi, ek nadi thi
ek nadi thi dono kinaare, tham ke behti thi, ek nadi thi

dil ek zaalim hakim tha wo
uski zanjiro me rehti thi, ek nadi thi
dil ek zaalim hakim tha wo
uski zanjiro pe rehti thi, ek nadi thi
uski zanjiro pe rehti thi, ek nadi thi
ek nadi thi dono kinaare tham ke behti thi
ek nadi thi dono kinaare, tham ke behti thi, ek nadi thi
ek nadi thi koi kinara chhod na sakti thi
ek nadi thi, ek nadi thi dono kinare
ek nadi thi dono kinare, ek nadi thi dono kinare
ek nadi thi

A river was, cradled by both shores,
a river was, a river.
A river was, unable to forsake a single bank,
a river was, a river, a river.
A river was, a river.

To break would unleash the flood,
to turn would swallow the earth, a river was.
A river was, cradled by both shores,
a river was, cradled by both shores, a river was.

Free as a cascade, a waterfall,
free as a cascade, a waterfall,
a waterfall, a waterfall,
free as a cascade, flowing on stone,
a river was, a river.
A river was, cradled by both shores, a river was.

The heart, a cruel physician,
chained in his hold, a river was.
The heart, a cruel physician,
chained in his hold, a river was.
Chained in his hold, a river was.
A river was, cradled by both shores,
a river was, cradled by both shores, a river was.
A river was, unable to forsake a single bank,
a river was, a river, both shores.
A river was, both shores, a river, both shores.
A river was.