ek hai jharna ek hai nadiya
ek sagar gahra hai
ek hai jharna ek hai nadiya
ek sagar gahra hai
bahta jal kab ek jagah par thahra hai
ek hai jharna

ye jiwan hai janjal ghana
jo raja tha chandal bana
ye phulo ki rajkumari
rani thi ab hai panihari
maa se beta chut gaya hai
iska sapna tut gaya hai
tap kar sona kundan banta
wohi asli sehra hai
bahta jal kab ek jagah par thahra hai
ek hai jharna

hai kam kisi ka hath kisi ke
kuch din mithe kuch din tikhe
ye hai dasi ki bhi dasi
tan chah kar hai man sanyasi
pran palenge raja rani
dekhe kisme kitna pani
jo pani ka geet na samjha
aisa jag to gahra hai
bahta jal kab ek jagah par thahra hai
ek hai jharna

jite ji marna padta hai
anchaha karna padta hai
dukhiyara darpan rota hai
bach ke jite kya hota hai
pardesi nanha banjara
ab sukha jharna bechara
do naino ke jal me jhaka
jag ka kala chehra hai
bahta jal kab ek jagah par thahra hai
ek hai jharna ek hai nadiya
ek sagar gahra hai
ek hai jharna

A single spring, a river's flow,
A sea of depths below,
A single spring, a river's flow,
A sea of depths below,
Flowing water, never still, you know,
A single spring.

This life, a tangled, shadowed maze,
Where kings descend to darkest days,
A princess fair, of floral grace,
A queen, now bearing water's place,
A mother's son, forever gone,
His shattered dreams, a fading dawn,
Through fire's heat, gold finds its prime,
That true, enduring paradigm,
Flowing water, never still, you know,
A single spring.

One's labor, held within another's hand,
Some days are sweet, some bitter to withstand,
A slave to slaves, a captive's plight,
The body craves, the soul takes flight,
The king and queen, a vow they keep,
To test the depths, the waters deep,
Who fails to grasp the water's song,
Within this world, the darkness strong,
Flowing water, never still, you know,
A single spring.

To die while living, fate's decree,
To do the unwanted, endlessly,
The sorrow's mirror, weeping low,
What gain in life, to merely go?
A wandering soul, a stranger's plea,
A drying spring, for all to see,
Gaze into the water, twin eyes gleam,
The world's dark face, a shadowed dream,
Flowing water, never still, you know,
A single spring, a river's flow,
A sea of depths below,
A single spring.