ye malhar ki loriya hai, hans jaisi boliya hai
ik dibbe me bichhayi udaas se koso ki
udaas se koso ki ye jhalkiya hai
jhalkiyan hai, loriya hai
jhalkiyan hai, loriya hai

teri godh ko roya hu neendo me aansu lekar soya hu
maa tu sapno me aajaiyyo ghar ghar khelunga yu hi maa
tu daliya apne haatho se khillaiyyo
maa sapno me aajaiyyo, sapno me aajaiyyo

loriya hai, loriya hai
jhalkiya hai, loriya hai
loriya hai, loriya hai

gaandhi itna sa zara bata de
gar tu main hota to kya karta
tu ek gaal par laal chhape to duja aage karta
duje par bhi jo laal chhape phir kya tu karta
bata gandhi bata gandhi batana

ik chadar hai bistar par leti hui hai
khamosh hai gudmud hone ko mar rahi hai
rati hai bekapada hai dekh rahi hai
mehakne ka intzar kar rahi hai
na chadar ko silvate de saka
na rati ko mehka paya
gulmohar ke aangan se maili si kali le aaya
jaante hai khamosh hai rati hai

??? nehlata hu, terta salil hai
lahu ka fuvara hai
ajib sa gulka pada hai
dimag se dil talak sa
dimag se dil talak sa sab kona hai
jhalkiya hai, loriya hai
jhalkiya hai, loriya hai
jhalkiya hai, loriya hai
loriya loriya

These are lullabies of monsoon, swan-like whispers,
In a box, laid out, miles of sorrow.
Miles of sorrow, these glimpses.
Glimpses, lullabies, glimpses, lullabies.
I cried for your lap, slept with tears in dreams.
Mother, come to my dreams, I’ll play house, forever, Mother.
Feed me porridge with your own hands.
Mother, come to my dreams, come to my dreams.

Lullabies, lullabies, glimpses, lullabies.
Lullabies, lullabies, Gandhi, tell me this:
If you were me, what would you do?
If they marked one cheek, you'd offer the other,
And if they marked the second, then what?
Tell me, Gandhi, tell me, tell me.

A sheet lies on the bed,
Silent, dying to be crumpled.
Rati, naked, watching, waiting to bloom.
I could not wrinkle the sheet, nor make Rati fragrant.
From the Gulmohar's courtyard, I brought a soiled bud.
Knowing it is silent, it is Rati.
I bathe ???, the water floats, a fountain of blood.
A strange lump lies, from mind to heart.
From mind to heart, every corner.
Glimpses, lullabies, glimpses, lullabies.
Glimpses, lullabies, lullaby, lullaby.