pehli baar tere mandir me aaya hu he ram
pehli baar tere mandir me aaya hu he ram
vinti sun le vinti sun le sara jivan lunga tera nam
pehli baar tere mandir me aaya hu he ram

apne krodh ki pyas bujhai behan ke ghar me aag lagai
apne krodh ki pyas bujhai behan ke ghar me aag lagai
mai hu jane kaisa bhai har bhai ke pyar ko maine
kar dala badnam
pehli baar tere mandir me aaya hu he ram

ye dukh mujhko maar na dale meri behan ka suhag bacha le
meri behan ka suhag bacha le
varna sun le o rakhwale varna sun le o rakhwale
o rakhwale
aaj ki sham mere jivan ki hogi aakhri sham
pehli baar tere mandir me aaya hu he ram
vinti sun le vinti sun le vinti sun le vinti sun le v
he ram he ram he ram he ram he ram he ram he ram he ram

For the first time, in your temple, Ram, I stand.
For the first time, in your temple, Ram, I plead.
Hear my prayer, hear my prayer, my life shall sing your name.
For the first time, in your temple, Ram, I bleed.

I quenched my rage in flames that swallowed kin.
I quenched my rage, my sister’s home ablaze.
A brother, what am I? Love, I made a sin,
And tarnished every brother in the haze.
For the first time, in your temple, Ram, I face.

Let sorrow not consume me, save her vow,
Oh, save my sister’s sacred, fragile thread.
Or hear me, guardian, hear me here and now,
For this, my final evening, I have said.
For the first time, in your temple, Ram, I pray.
Hear my prayer, hear my prayer, hear my prayer.
Oh, Ram, Oh, Ram, Oh, Ram, Oh, Ram, Oh, Ram, Oh, Ram, Oh, Ram, Oh, Ram.