o raam ji badaa dukh dinaa tere lakhan ne badaa dukh dinaa
sudh budh bisaraa_i meri nid churaa_i meraa mushkil kar diyaa jinaa
ho raam ji badaa dukh

vo dipak hai mai jyoti hu vo hansataa hai mai roti hun hun hun
mere pyaar ki kadar use hogi magar mujhe zahar padegaa pinaa
badaa dukh dinaa

meri akhiyaa mere sapane le gayaa sab kuchh saath vo apane
ye jaan nigodi jaane kaahe ko chhod i chhali_e ne sab kuchh chhinaa
badaa dukh dinaa

sunakar meri raam duhaa_i dekho vo aayaa harajaa_i
nirmohi ye kaisaa jo mai jaanati aisaa to mai karati pyaar kabhi naa
badaa dukh dinaa

kis lakhan ki baat karati ho tum
lakhan ne lakhan ne mere lakhan ne
sajan ne sajan ne mere sajan ne
sajano ke sajan ne mere lakhan ne

Oh Ram, such sorrow He has dealt, your Lakshman, such sorrow He has brought,
My senses scattered, my sleep stolen, my very life has become fraught.
Oh Ram, such sorrow...

He is the lamp, and I the flame, he laughs, and I only weep, weep, weep,
My love's worth, he'll come to know, but poison, for me, I'll need to keep.
Such sorrow He has dealt...

My eyes, my dreams, he took away, everything, he took with his own hand,
This wretched life, I wonder why it's left, this deceiver, he stole all I planned.
Such sorrow He has dealt...

Hearing my Ram-invoking cry, see, the heartless one has arrived,
This heartless one, if I had known, I would never have loved, never have strived.
Such sorrow He has dealt...

Whose Lakshman do you speak of now?
Lakshman, Lakshman, my Lakshman,
My love, my love, my very love,
Lover of lovers, my Lakshman.