ek taraf hai maa ki chaya ek taraf hai taaj
raam lakhan ki jodi dekho bichad rahi hai aaj
raam lakhan ki jodi dekho bichad rahi hai aaj
raam lakhan ki jodi dekho bichad rahi hai aaj
ek taraf hai maa ki chaya ek taraf hai taaj
raam lakhan ki jodi dekho bichad rahi hai aaj

tut gaya hai pal do pal me sari umar ka nata
lut gayi pungi mit gaya koi
dekh raha hai data dekh raha hai data
us aangan ko chhod chala kyu jispe kiya raaz
ek taraf hai maa ki chaya ek taraf hai taaj
raam lakhan ki jodi dekho bichad rahi hai aaj

apne lahu se jisko sicha kata us phulwari ko
aag laga do duniya walo aisi duniyadari ko
chupke chupke roye mali bhag hua kharab
ek taraf hai maa ki chaya ek taraf hai taaj
raam lakhan ki jodi dekho bichad rahi hai aaj

On one side, a mother's shade, the other, a crown's gleam,
Ram and Lakshman's bond, a parting, a fractured dream.
Ram and Lakshman's bond, a parting, a fractured dream.
Ram and Lakshman's bond, a parting, a fractured dream.
On one side, a mother's shade, the other, a crown's gleam,
Ram and Lakshman's bond, a parting, a fractured dream.

Shattered in moments, a lifetime's embrace, now torn,
All wealth plundered, a kingdom lost and forlorn.
The giver watches, the giver watches from above,
Why forsake the courtyard where once they reigned with love?
On one side, a mother's shade, the other, a crown's gleam,
Ram and Lakshman's bond, a parting, a fractured dream.

The garden they nurtured, with their own life's blood,
That very same garden, now severed, misunderstood.
Set fire, o world, to such a deceitful play,
The gardener weeps in silence, as fortunes decay.
On one side, a mother's shade, the other, a crown's gleam,
Ram and Lakshman's bond, a parting, a fractured dream.