sadhana aradhana meri rah gayi adhure
dekh o nataraja dekh meri yeh majbure
kaise nache mayure, nache mayure
sadhana aaradhana

maine kitne dip jalaye
maine kitne dip jalaye
maine kitane phul chadhaye
bhul hui kya mujhse deva
bhul gaya tu meri seva
o kailash ke vasi
meri aatmarah gayi pyasi
meri puja hui na puri
sadhana aradhana meri rah gayi adhure
sadhana aradhana meri rah gayi adhure

mai rou mai tadapu aise
mai rou mai tadapu aise
pankh bina koi panchhi jaise
pahale chham chham bajate ghungharu
abb chham chham bahate hai aansu

mai chal bhi na paau
mai kya nachu mai kya gaau
mann ki tut gayi bansuri
sadhana aradhana meri rah gayi adhure
dekh o nataraja dekh meri ye majbure
kaise nache mayure, kaise nache mayure



tan ghayal mann mera ghayal
tune todi meri payal
phir bhi jivan bhar nachungi
chham chham ro ro kar nachungi
gir jaungi pad nachungi
mar jaungi pad nachungi
mai ik paav pad nachungi
mai ik paav pad nachungi
mar jaungi pad nachungi

My seeking, my prayer, left incomplete,
Behold, O Lord of Dance, my defeat.
How can the peacock now take flight,
How can the peacock dance in light?
My seeking, my prayer.

So many lamps I lit with care,
So many blossoms I did share.
What fault did I commit, my God?
Have you forgotten my regard?
O dweller of Kailash, my soul is dry,
My worship did not reach on high.
My seeking, my prayer.

I weep, I yearn, in endless pain,
Like a bird with broken wing, insane.
Once, the bells of joy did chime,
Now tears like bells, chime with time.
I cannot walk, alas, it seems,
How can I dance? How sing my dreams?
My heart's flute, now lost from me,
My seeking, my prayer.

My body wounded, my spirit bruised,
You shattered the bells I used.
Yet, for all life, I will still sway,
Weeping, I'll dance, come what may.
I will fall, yet I shall leap,
I will die, but my promise I'll keep.
Upon one foot, I'll still hold sway,
I will die, but I'll dance this way.