maye nee maye
meri geeta de naina bich
dil bondi radak paave
aadhi aadhi raati uthro
nee maye mitraanu
maye sanu neend na aave

maye nee maye
meri geeta de naina bich
dil bondi radak paave
aadhi aadhi raati uthro
nee maye mitraanu
maye sanu neend na aave

ek baat aaye nee
maye nee meri maye nee
maye nee maye nee
meri aankh neend suhaye nee
tere nain se khwab ki aai nee
maye nee meri maye nee
maye nee maye nee
teri neend bani banjaarini

aap nee ne balan maye
aap hai le main mattha jogi
mat kaida e suni dabe

maye nee maye nee maye
din ratiya dono hi daraye
peed ye peed dil me chale
peed nee peed e pyar aisi titli hai
jhedi sada sool te babe
maye nee maye
meri geeta de naina bich
dil bondi radak paave
aadhi aadhi raati uthro
nee maye mitraanu
maye sanu neend na aave

ye din me jaye kaha
kya inke bhi rote hain maka
khade savaal jabab nahi
maye nee meri maye nee

My Mother, oh my Mother,
In the eyes of my songs,
A splinter of sorrow stings,
I rise in the midnight hours,
Calling out to my friends,
Mother, sleep deserts me.

My Mother, oh my Mother,
In the eyes of my songs,
A splinter of sorrow stings,
I rise in the midnight hours,
Calling out to my friends,
Mother, sleep deserts me.

A whisper arrives, oh
Mother, my Mother, oh
Mother, my Mother, oh
My eyes find no solace in sleep,
From your eyes, a dream arrived,
Mother, my Mother, oh
Mother, my Mother, oh
Your slumber, a wandering beggar.

You are the fire, Mother,
You are the one who kindles,
I am the mendicant, bowing my head,
Do not speak of what is unheard.

My Mother, oh my Mother, oh
Days and nights, both frighten me,
This ache, this ache, walks in my heart,
This ache, oh, this ache, love is a butterfly,
That forever lays upon thorns.
My Mother, oh my Mother,
In the eyes of my songs,
A splinter of sorrow stings,
I rise in the midnight hours,
Calling out to my friends,
Mother, sleep deserts me.

Where do these days depart?
Do they too weep, these places?
Questions stand, answers absent,
Mother, my Mother, oh.