har bolo ke mukh se futi asi kadvi bani
sakh na mange pakh jibh hmari pani
saanp khavega chuhe ko
saanp khavenge gidh he he
degi niyam duniya ko
khnge ye sadu sidh he he
kala bhaisa baithko ghar ko chla sman
rhe jugadi jivan bhar mkhddal yogdan
jivan chalni main fasi aatma mare gidh he he
saanp khavega chuhe ko saanp khavenge gidh he he

har bolo ke mukh se futi asi kadvi bani
sakh na mange pakh jibh hmari pani
meri mansodi dhe koi bani ho
vidhva bin dil bij ke chla kisani
jisko mot na rok sake kuchle usko chit he he
saanp khavega chuhe ko saanp khavenge gidh he he
kala bhaisa baithko ghar ko chla sman
rhe jugadi jivan bhar mkhddal yogdan

The serpent devours the mouse, the jackal devours the snake,
Thus the sages, the enlightened, the truth they did make.
The dark buffalo, rider to home, it shall wend,
Chews its cud its whole life, time it cannot lend.
Life is a sieve, the soul, immortal, for the jackal to take,
The serpent devours the mouse, the jackal devours the snake.

From every tongue it did spew,
Such bitter, stinging sound,
The branch does not ask for its leaf,
The lake does not beg for water around.
I am life, a hundred stubborn,
The malady asks not for the ground.
Without clouds or lightning's flash,
To sow the fields, I am bound.
Whom death cannot claw,
The jackal will relentlessly take.
The serpent devours the mouse,
The jackal devours the snake.