rone se kya hasil hoga aasu ponch ye maya hai
aasu ponch ye maya hai tuhi tu hai sab kuch mera
tere par meri chaya hai aasu ponch ye maya hai
beta kisi bhi dukhiya ka dil nahi dukhana sapne me
dosh kisi ka dhundne se tum pahle dhundna apne me
tum ye punay kamana bete maine yahi kamaya hai
aasu ponch ye maya hai

aasman ko nahi dekhna chalna jab tum raho me
pair tumhare nahi padenge biche hue un kato par
bhul na jana un bato ko jo maine samjhaya hai
aasu ponch ye maya hai
sukh ka bhed batane aata dukh sabke jiwan me
narayan ko hamne dekha jhopdiyo me nirdhan me
jo bhi din aaya haskar ke kata wo sukh paya hai
aasu ponch ye maya hai

kam usi ko kahte hai jisme yash ho kuch naam mile
chahe damdi bhar hi kyu na ho lekin inam mile
aur nahi to man ye bole chain mujhe ab aaya hai
aasu ponch ye maya hai
khate hai jiski thali me usme kar dete hai ched
jungle hai aise logo ka rakhna aiso se mat bhed
dur hi rahna maili ho jayegi kanchan kaya hai
aasu ponch ye maya hai

mana is mele me chor lutero ka hi jamghat hai
unko bhi ek din aana hai isi jagah ye marghat hai
kitno ko to jine ka dhang marghat ne hi sikhlaya hai
aasu ponch ye maya hai
rone se kya hasil hoga aasu ponch ye maya hai
aasu ponch ye maya hai tuhi tu hai sab kuch mera
tere par meri chaya hai aasu ponch ye maya hai

Why weep? Wipe away these tears, this world's illusion.
Wipe away these tears, illusion's play. You are all, all my own.
Your shadow falls on me, wipe away these tears, this world's illusion.
Son, never wound a sorrowful heart, not even in dreams.
Before seeking faults in others, search within your own self.
Earn this virtue, my son, this is all I have earned.
Wipe away these tears, this world's illusion.

Do not gaze at the heavens when you walk the paths.
Your feet will not tread upon the thorns that are laid.
Forget not the words I've spoken, the lessons I've shown.
Wipe away these tears, this world's illusion.
Happiness's secret lies in sorrow that touches all lives.
We found Narayan in the huts of the poor and the weak.
Those who embraced each day with laughter, found true joy.
Wipe away these tears, this world's illusion.

True work is that which brings honor, that which provides purpose.
Even if it's but a pittance, yet still a reward.
Or, if not, let your heart declare, "Now, peace has come to me."
Wipe away these tears, this world's illusion.
They bite the hand that feeds, they pierce the very plate.
Beware these people, a jungle of deceit, avoid their hate.
Stay far from them, or your golden body will be stained.
Wipe away these tears, this world's illusion.

Though this fair is thronged with thieves and with robbers.
They too must come one day, to this same burial ground.
The graveyard itself has taught many how to live.
Wipe away these tears, this world's illusion.
Why weep? Wipe away these tears, this world's illusion.
Wipe away these tears, illusion's play. You are all, all my own.
Your shadow falls on me, wipe away these tears, this world's illusion.