meri ma ne bataya hai yahi mujhko sikhaya hai
meri ma ne bataya hai yahi mujhko sikhaya hai
kisi se na kabhi darna jo dil bole wahi karna
meri ma ne bataya hai yahi mujhko sikhaya hai
kisi se na kabhi darna jo dil bole wahi karna
meri ma ne bataya hai yahi mujhko sikhaya hai

are logo jara dekho ye kaisa kam kar dala
sharifo ne sharafat ko yaha nilam kar dala
jise dekho wo chehre pe naya chehra lagaya hai
meri ma ne bataya hai yahi mujhko sikhaya hai
kisi se na kabhi darna jo dil bole wahi karna
meri ma ne bataya hai yahi mujhko sikhaya hai

mere daddu bade ache jara jhuthe jara sache
koi inko na pahchane inhe to bas khuda jane
mere daddu ka afsana meri ma ne sunaya hai
meri ma ne bataya hai yahi mujhko sikhaya hai
kisi se na kabhi darna jo dil bole wahi karna
meri ma ne bataya hai yahi mujhko sikhaya hai

mai sachai bata dunga sabhi parde hata dunga
mai pagal hu diwana hu mai apno me begana hu
magar sar pe mere har pal uski mamta ka saya hai
meri ma ne bataya hai yahi mujhko sikhaya hai
kisi se na kabhi darna jo dil bole wahi karna
meri ma ne bataya hai yahi mujhko sikhaya hai

My mother whispered, etched it in my core,
This sacred truth, a lesson evermore.
Fear no one's shadow, let your spirit soar,
And heed the heart's own truth, and nothing more.
My mother whispered, etched it in my core.

Behold, humanity, the deed you've done,
Where virtue's gold is bartered, lost and spun.
Each face a mask, a visage newly won,
My mother whispered, etched it in my core.
Fear no one's shadow, let your spirit soar,
And heed the heart's own truth, and nothing more.
My mother whispered, etched it in my core.

My grandfather, a blend of truth and guise,
A riddle wrapped in time before our eyes.
His story, whispered by my mother's sighs,
My mother whispered, etched it in my core.
Fear no one's shadow, let your spirit soar,
And heed the heart's own truth, and nothing more.
My mother whispered, etched it in my core.

I'll tear the veils, unveil the hidden lies,
A madman's heart, in kinship's guise.
Though lost I seem, beneath her loving skies,
My mother whispered, etched it in my core.
Fear no one's shadow, let your spirit soar,
And heed the heart's own truth, and nothing more.
My mother whispered, etched it in my core.