tu itni dur kyu hai maa bata naraj kyu hai maa
mai tera hu mujhe bula le tu gale fir se laga le tu
tu itni dur kyu hai maa bata naraj kyu hai maa
mai tera hu mujhe bula le tu gale fir se laga le tu
o maa pyari maa o maa pyari maa

teri aachal ki chhaya ko meri ninde tarsti hai
teri yaado ke aagan me meri aankhe barsti hai
paresa ho raha hu mai akela ro raha hu mai
mai tera hu mujhe bula le tu gale fir se laga le tu
tu itni dur kyu hai maa bata naraj kyu hai maa

suna hai maine maa ka dil nahi hota hai pattar ka
bulata hai tujhe aaja akalapan mere ghar ka
ye diware mitta de maa jhalak apni dikha de maa
mai tera hu mujhe bula le tu gale fir se laga le tu
tu itni dur kyu hai maa bata naraj kyu hai maa

tere chrano me mandir hai tu har mandir ki murat hai
har bhagwan ki surat meri maa teri hi murat hai
teri sewa mera jiwan
mai tera hu mujhe bula le tu gale fir se laga le tu
o maa pyari maa o maa pyari maa
tu itni dur kyu hai maa bata naraj kyu hai maa
mai tera hu mujhe bula le tu gale fir se laga le tu

Why so distant, Mother, tell, why scorn?
I am yours, call me home, reborn.
Embrace me once more, hold me tight,
Why so distant, Mother, in the fading light?
I am yours, call me home, reborn.

Oh, Mother, dearest Mother, oh, beloved,
For your shade, my slumber is bereft.
In memory's court, my thoughts descend,
In your echoes, my soul does bend.
Lost, I wander, in solitude's plight,
I am yours, call me home, reborn, in the night.
Why so distant, Mother, tell, why scorn?

They say a mother's heart, cannot be stone,
Come to me, end this aloneness, I moan.
Tear down these walls, Mother, reveal your grace,
I am yours, call me home, in this desolate space.
Embrace me once more, hold me tight,
Why so distant, Mother, in the fading light?

In your feet, a temple resides,
You are the form in all temples, which abides.
Every god's visage, Mother, in your face,
Service to you, my life's embrace.
I am yours, call me home, reborn, in this place.
Oh, Mother, dearest Mother, oh, beloved,
I am yours, call me home, reborn, to be loved.
Embrace me once more, hold me tight,
Why so distant, Mother, in the fading light?