kal kal baheti sab kuchh sahati
kal kal baheti sab kuchh sahati
nadiya bahati jaaye
pal pal kahati jaye
kaal khand paashano me bhi
ye panth banaati jaaye
nadi bahati jaaye, pal pal kahati jaaye
nadi bahati jaaye, pal pal kahati jaaye

baat kahun main barso ki, bhukh se tarse barso ki
pith ja kar pet juda, manav chithre haal pada
chun ya chaa kuchh kar nahi sakta
jo karta be maut hi marta
baat kahun main barso ki, bhule bisre barso ki
baat kahun main barso ki, bhule bisre barso ki

ek tha raja uski thi do rani
bin aulad tha wo bechaara
aankh se aaye paani
ek tha raja uski thi do rani
bin aulad tha wo bechaara
aankh se aaye paani
bin aulad tha wo bechaara
aankh se aaye paani
bin aulad tha wo bechaara
aankh se aaye paani

kaajal aansu ka aaja re
saajan kahan re sidhare
kaajal aansu ka aaja
kaise kate ye birha ki raat
naiya lage ab dekho, kaun ghaat
kaun ghaat
kaajal aansu ka aaja

rahte ke jaise samay fire
sukh dukh ka hera fera
rani ki antar ichhaa ko
prabhu ne kiya hain pura
kal kal baheti sab kuchh sahti
nadi bahati jaaye, pal pal kahati jaaye
nadi bahati jaaye, pal pal kahati jaaye

kal kal baheti sab kuchh sahti
nadi bahati jaaye, pal pal kahati jaaye
nadi bahati jaaye, pal pal kahati jaaye
kaal khand paashano me bhi
kaal khand paashano me bhi
ye panth banaati jaaye
nadi bahati jaaye, pal pal kahati jaaye
nadi bahati jaaye, pal pal kahati jaaye
koi mare auron ke khatir
koi maut ka vyaapari
roz mare ye manav kasie
dekhe duniya saari
jal me jhule le hichkole, baalak bahta jaaye
jal me jhule le hichkole, baalak bahta jaaye
maa ki konkh me fir sahti
jaise man lalchaye
kal kal baheti sab kuchh sahti
nadi bahati jaaye, pal pal kahati jaaye
nadi bahati jaaye, pal pal kahati jaaye

A river murmurs, enduring all,
A river murmurs, embracing all,
The river flows onward.
Each moment it speaks,
Carving paths through epochs of stone,
A river flows onward, each moment it speaks.
A river flows onward, each moment it speaks.

A tale I tell, of countless years, of hunger's thirst,
Where backs met bellies, a man lay torn and cursed.
Unable to whisper, to act or to plead,
Those who dared, met death's cruel creed.
A tale I tell, of forgotten years, of the lost and the gone,
A tale I tell, of forgotten years, of the lost and the gone.

Once there was a king, two queens by his side,
Childless was he, his sorrow, he could not hide.
Tears flowed from his eyes.
Once there was a king, two queens by his side,
Childless was he, his sorrow, he could not hide.
Tears flowed from his eyes.
Childless was he, his sorrow, he could not hide.
Tears flowed from his eyes.

Kajal of tears, now descends,
Where has my beloved gone?
Kajal of tears, now descends.
How will this night of separation end?
Tell me to which shore, will my ship now bend?
Which shore?
Kajal of tears, now descends.

Like a pendulum, time does swing,
Joy and sorrow, in a shifting ring.
The queen’s deep longing,
The Lord has now fulfilled,
A river murmurs, enduring all.
The river flows onward, each moment it speaks,
A river flows onward, each moment it speaks.

A river murmurs, enduring all,
The river flows onward, each moment it speaks.
A river flows onward, each moment it speaks.
Carving paths through epochs of stone.
Carving paths through epochs of stone.
A river flows onward, each moment it speaks.
A river flows onward, each moment it speaks.

One dies for others, a sacrifice made,
Another, a merchant of death, a trade.
How does man die, each passing day?
As the world watches, in disarray.
In the water, the child, swayed and swept,
In the water, the child, swayed and swept,
Longing to return to the mother's womb,
As the heart yearns for home.
A river murmurs, enduring all.
The river flows onward, each moment it speaks,
A river flows onward, each moment it speaks.