kaun hai beta kaun hai mata
kaun hai beta kaun hai mata
chhod de balak jag se nata
chhod de balak jag se nata
kaun pita hai kaun hai data
chhod de balak jag se nata
chhod de balak jag se nata

upar ujala bhitar kala
ye duniya makdi ka jala
ulajh ulajh kar rah jata
jo in taro me ghar hai banata
chhod de balak jag se nata
chhod de balak jag se nata

man ki tarishna mit nahi paye
ye jag bhaye badhti jaye
piye ja amrit ka ek hi pyala
janam janam ki payas bujhata
chhod de balak jag se nata
kaun hai beta kaun hai mata
chhod de balak jag se nata
chhod de balak jag se nata

Who is the son, and who the mother?
Who is the son, and who the mother?
Child, release yourself from worldly ties.
Child, release yourself from worldly ties.
Who is the father, and who the giver?
Child, release yourself from worldly ties.
Child, release yourself from worldly ties.

Light above, darkness within,
This world, a spider's silken skin.
Entangled, lost, the soul remains,
Who builds a home within these chains.
Child, release yourself from worldly ties.
Child, release yourself from worldly ties.

The mind's thirst, it cannot cease,
This world's allure, it will not appease.
Drink, instead, from a single cup of grace,
Quenching the thirst of every space.
Child, release yourself from worldly ties.
Who is the son, and who the mother?
Child, release yourself from worldly ties.
Child, release yourself from worldly ties.