nadi kinare khadi sochati
nadi kinare khadi sochati kya
main nadiya hoti kal kal karti jaati
nadiya ke dig khada sochata
nadiya ke dig khada sochata kya
main sagar hota mujh me hai aan mil jaati
main parvat me chhup jati
maidano me rah jati
main jangal me kho jati nadiya tir
badal ko dut bana kar
main nanhi nanhi bundadiyo sang sandeswa bhijwata

laharati madmati balkhati ithalati
main daudi daudi aati
aa sagar me mil jati
milan kiya sathi
yada yori mori
ankhiya jhapi mori
ankhiya jhapi ankhiya jhapi
ankhiya jhapi

Standing by the river, lost in thought,
Standing by the river, what do I seek?
If only I were a river, murmuring, flowing free,
If only I could dance, and endlessly speak.

Standing by the river's edge, he pondered,
Standing by the river's edge, what does he crave?
If only I were the ocean, vast and deep,
Where all rivers find their final grave.

I would hide in the mountains,
Or linger on the plains,
Or vanish in the forest's embrace,
A river's edge, my pain.
I'd make the clouds my messengers,
With tiny drops, send word to the sky.

Waving, swaying, intoxicated, twisting,
I would run, I would arrive,
And merge into the ocean's blue.
My union, my beloved's embrace,
When you are mine, and I am yours,
My eyes close, and my heart finds rest,
My eyes close, my eyes close,
My eyes close.