ho bahti hui dhara ho bahti hui dhara mai bhi
teri tarah bekal chanchal teri tarah bekal chanchal
dhundhu koi kinara mai bhi
dhundhu koi kinara ho bahti hui dhara

tu ek pal jo mere pas thahre mai aap biti sunau
mai mera hasta hua gaw chhod ke pardesh me din bitau
tera mera dono ka ram sahara
tera mera dono ka ram sahara ke mai bhi teri tarah
bekal chanchal dhundhu koi kinara
ho bahti hui dhara

phul hasi khusbu hawa me bikhre hasne ko karte ishare
kahe jhuk jhuk ke ye ped podhe aa pas aaja hamare
apni taraf khiche hai har najara
apni taraf khiche hai har najara
ke mujhe karna laga pagal pagal
karna laga pagal pagal mausam ye matwara
ho bahti hui dhara

tu jaise sagar ki baho me jake rashte ke dukh bhul jaye
ho mai bhi kho jaungi usko pake apna mujhe jo banaye
jane kab jagega bhag hamara
jane kab jagega bhag hamara ke mai bhi teri tarah
bekal chanchal dhundhu koi kinara
ho bahti hui dhara ho bahti hui dhara mai bhi
teri tarah bekal chanchal teri tarah bekal chanchal
dhundhu koi kinara mai bhi
dhundhu koi kinara ho bahti hui dhara

A river flowing, a river flowing, so am I,
Restless and yearning, like you, restless and yearning,
Searching for a shore, so I can fly,
Searching for a shore, a river flowing, am I.

If but a moment, near me, you would stay,
I'd tell you tales, of yesterday.
Leaving my smiling village far away,
Spending my days in lands so gray.
Yours and mine, Ram's support to see,
Like you, restless, yearning to be free,
Searching for a shore, eternally,
A river flowing, eternally.

Flowers laugh, their fragrance in the air,
Beckoning, whispering, beyond compare.
Why bow the trees, with leafy hair,
Come closer now, their love to share?
Attracting towards their gentle stare,
Attracting towards their loving care,
This intoxicating season beyond compare,
Drives me to madness, everywhere.
A river flowing, everywhere.

As you, to the ocean's embrace, you go,
Forgetting sorrows, as the currents flow.
I too, will vanish, if he will bestow,
And make me his, and let my love grow.
When will our fate, our moment know?
When will our fate, our moment glow?
Like you, restless, yearning to bestow,
Searching for a shore, a place to know.
A river flowing, a river flowing, so am I,
Restless and yearning, like you, restless and yearning,
Searching for a shore, so I can fly,
Searching for a shore, a river flowing, am I.