maai maai ho maai maai
maai maai kaise jiyun re, kaise jiyun re
maai maai o maai maai
maai maai kaise jiyu re
hari bain kaise, hari bin kaise
hari bin kaise, kaise jiyun
maai maai o maai maai
maai maai kaise jiyu re
maai maai o maai maai

udak dadur pinvat hain
udak dadur pinvat hain
jal se hi upjaai
jal se hi upjaai
par ek jal ko meen bisare
tarpat mar jaai
maai maai o maai maai
maai maai kaise jiyu re
maai maai o maai maai

piya bin pili bhai re
piya bin pili bhai re
jo kaath ghun khaye
aushadh bhulan sancharai re
aushadh bhulan sancharai re
bala vaidh peer jaaye
maai maai o maai maai
maai maai kaise jiyu re
maai maai o maai maai

hoya udasi ban ban firun
hoya udasi ban ban firun
re bitha tan chhai
re bitha tan chhai
dasi mira la giridhar milya hain sukhdayi
maai maai o maai maai
maai maai kaise jiyu re
maai maai o maai maai
maai maai o maai maai

hari bain kaise, hari bin kaise
hari bin kaise, kaise jiyun
maai maai o maai maai
maai maai kaise jiyu re
maai maai o maai maai
maai maai o maai maai

Mother, oh mother, my mother,
How shall I live, how shall I live?
Mother, oh mother, my mother,
How shall I live?
Without Hari, how, without Hari, how,
Without Hari, how, how shall I live?
Mother, oh mother, my mother,
How shall I live?
Mother, oh mother, my mother.

The frog drinks of water,
The frog drinks of water,
Born of the water,
Born of the water.
Yet the fish, forgetting the water,
Thirsts and dies.
Mother, oh mother, my mother,
How shall I live?
Mother, oh mother, my mother.

Without my beloved, I am withered,
Without my beloved, I am withered,
As wood devoured by the worm,
As wood devoured by the worm.
Forgetting medicine, the sickness spreads,
Forgetting medicine, the sickness spreads,
The child, the healer, the pain departs.
Mother, oh mother, my mother,
How shall I live?
Mother, oh mother, my mother.

Becoming a recluse, I wander the forest,
Becoming a recluse, I wander the forest,
Pain fills my body,
Pain fills my body.
Mira, the servant, found Giridhar, the giver of joy.
Mother, oh mother, my mother,
How shall I live?
Mother, oh mother, my mother,
Mother, oh mother, my mother.

Without Hari, how, without Hari, how,
Without Hari, how, how shall I live?
Mother, oh mother, my mother,
How shall I live?
Mother, oh mother, my mother,
Mother, oh mother, my mother.