maa maa karta phire laadla
maa maa kare pukaar
kaun sunega iska rona
bahra hai sansar
maa ki mamta ruthe na
pyar pita ka chhute na
maat pita bin dar dar bhatke
dukhiya baalak hai
uska koi na palak hai
maa ki mamta ruthe na
pyar pita ka chhute na, chhute na

o kaisa ye khel tera
o re nirdayi vidhata
baalak ke pass aake
mil na sake re mata
nanha sa phul
apni daal se kabhi tute na
maa ki mamta ruthe na

o tod sake na koi jag me
kismat ki deewar
jiske ghar me maa nahi
use baba kare na pyar
munne ke pyar ko, dulaar ko
koi lute na
maa ki mamta ruthe na

rok sakte hai nahi
jhonke tujhe tufan ke
rok sakte hai nahi
kaante tujhe ye jahan ke
mana tere sar pe hai
maa baap ki chhaya nahi
aas rakh bahgwan ki
aur pass ja bhagwan ke
pass ja bhagwan ke

The child, a whisper of "Mother,"
A cry lost in the echoing air,
A world deaf to his mourning,
A burden he must bear.

Let not a mother's love depart,
Nor a father's embrace be torn,
For orphaned, adrift, a wandering heart,
A lonely child, forlorn.
He has no protector near,
Let not a mother's love disappear.

Oh, this game of yours, Creator,
A cruel decree you send,
The mother near, yet separate,
A bond that cannot mend.
A tender bloom,
Forever from its stem,
Let not a mother's love condemn.

No mortal hand can break,
The walls of fate's design,
Where mother's light is absent,
The father's love won't shine.
Let no one steal away,
The innocence of youth,
Let not a mother's love decay.

The storms of life may rage,
The world may wound with thorns,
Though shadows fall where parents were,
Yet faith's new dawn is born.
Though no parents to surround,
In God alone confide,
Seek refuge in the divine,
Forever there abide.
Forever there abide.