chalte ja chalte ja chalte ja chalte ja
chalte ja chalte ja chalte ja chalte ja
chalte ja chalte ja chalte ja chalte ja

marigtrishna marusthal ki
marigtrishna marusthal ki
marigtrishna marusthal ki
chhalti ret roop dhar jal ki
chhalti ret roop dhar jal ki
marigtrishna marusthal ki

jivan maran ke beech me saanse
jivan maran ke beech me saanse
kabhi hai girti kabhi sambhalti
marigtrishna marusthal ki

kaise kahe ye karun vedna
shulya koshika shul chetna
kaise kahe ye karun vedna
shulya koshika shul chetna

vikat doop se julsa jivan
vikat doop se julsa jivan
jane kyun ye sanjh na dhalti
marigtrishna marusthal ki
chalte ja chalte ja
chalte ja chalte ja

aviral daya dristi me ashru
jidhar dekhta udhar hai shatru
aviral daya dristi me ashru
jidhar dekhta udhar hai shatru

aaj pathik hai jo is path ka
aaj pathik hai jo is path ka
jane kyun na rah vo kal ki
marigtrishna marusthal ki
chalte ja chalte ja
chalte ja chalte ja

jivak mrig aprajit bankar
kar raha athak prayas nirantar
jivak mrig aprajit bankar
kar raha athak prayas nirantar

lajjit mirtyu shor sun rahi
lajjit mirtyu shor sun rahi
jivan jharne ke chhal chhal ki
chhalti ret roop dhar jalti
chhalti ret roop dhar jalti

marigtrishna marusthal ki
jivan maran ke beech me saanse
jivan maran ke beech me saanse
kabhi hai girti kabhi sambhalti
marigtrishna marusthal ki

Onward, ever onward,
Onward, ever onward,
Onward, ever onward,
Onward, ever onward,
Onward, ever onward,
Onward, ever onward.

Mirage of the desert,
Mirage of the desert,
Mirage of the desert,
Deceiving sands in watery guise,
Deceiving sands in watery guise,
Mirage of the desert.

Between life and death, the breaths,
Between life and death, the breaths,
Sometimes they fall, sometimes they rise,
Mirage of the desert.

How to speak this sorrow's pain?
Emptied cells, a thorn's awareness,
How to speak this sorrow's pain?
Emptied cells, a thorn's awareness,
Life scorched by a cruel sun,
Life scorched by a cruel sun,
Why doesn't the evening fall?
Mirage of the desert,
Onward, ever onward,
Onward, ever onward.

Unending compassion, tears in sight,
Wherever one looks, there are foes,
Unending compassion, tears in sight,
Wherever one looks, there are foes,
The traveler of this path today,
The traveler of this path today,
Why doesn't he know tomorrow's way?
Mirage of the desert,
Onward, ever onward,
Onward, ever onward.

The deer, unconquered,
Making tireless, constant effort,
The deer, unconquered,
Making tireless, constant effort,
Shamed, death listens to the clamor,
Shamed, death listens to the clamor,
To the life-spring's gentle trickling,
Deceiving sands in watery guise,
Deceiving sands in watery guise,
Mirage of the desert,
Between life and death, the breaths,
Between life and death, the breaths,
Sometimes they fall, sometimes they rise,
Mirage of the desert.