he sabke kalyan mayi he gange jag ki mata
tere punye prago me janme tribhuvan sheesh jhukata
bhagirath ne jigar bhakti se apna shankh bajaya
usi panth ko patit pawni maa tumne apnaya
haridwar kashi prayag ko tumne tirth banaya
aaj humare jiwan par maa dukh ka badal chaya
gange gange tumhi karo udhhar
tumhi karo uddhar gange tumhi karo uddhar
tumhi karo uddhar gange tumhi karo uddhar
bheekh daya ki dede maiya tere hath hajar
gange tumhi karo udhhar
tumhi karo uddhar gange tumhi karo uddhar

hari charno ko choda tumne dharti ka dukh tala
bhrama ji ka saja kamandal shiv ne bhaar sambhala
sath hazar ki sagar ke bete ki harli jag jwala
tere pawan ganga jal ne jag nirmal kar dala
dwaar tumhare aaya maiya chhod jagat ke dwaar
gange tumhi karo udhhar
tumhi karo uddhar gange tumhi karo uddhar
bheekh daya ki dede maiya tere hath hajar
gange tumhi karo udhhar
tumhi karo uddhar gange tumhi karo uddhar

aao gange punye tarange mera sath nibhao
mukt dham ko ganga maiya mujhko rah dikhao
ya to darshan dekar mata dukh ki ghata hatao
ya lehro ke hath badhaakar
is tan ko le jao aao aao aao gange

Oh, Ganges, benevolent mother of all,
The world bows low where your blessings fall.
Bhagirath, with heart of fervent prayer,
Blew his conch, a path beyond compare.
You, O purifier, embraced his quest,
At Haridwar, Kashi, Prayag, you did bless.
Now shadows fall, a cloud obscures the light,
Upon our lives, a sorrowful night.
Gange, Gange, grant us your release,
Your grace, your grace, bring us inner peace.
Your grace, your grace, Gange, your grace,
Grant us solace, a thousand hands embrace.
Gange, Gange, grant us your release,
Your grace, your grace, bring us inner peace.

Leaving Hari's feet, you eased earth's pain,
Brahma's vessel, Shiva's grace to sustain.
The sixty thousand sons, their fiery plight,
Your sacred waters washed them into light.
You cleansed the world with your gentle flow,
Leaving earthly doors, to your doors we go.
Gange, Gange, grant us your release,
Your grace, your grace, bring us inner peace.
Grant us solace, a thousand hands embrace.
Gange, Gange, grant us your release,
Your grace, your grace, bring us inner peace.

Come, O Ganges, waves of holy might,
Walk with me, guide me through the night.
To the blessed abode, show me the way,
Mother, grant your vision, drive sorrow away.
Or, with your waves, reach out and take,
This weary form, for your sweet sake.
Come, come, come, O Ganges, come.