umariya bin khewak ki naiya
umariya bin khwak ki naiya
paal nahi patwar nahi or tej chale purwaiya
umariya bin khwak ki naiya
umariya bin khwak ki naiya

chin uchre chin gota khaye na dube na paar lagaye
chin uchre chin gota khaye na dube na paar lagaye
bhatke it ut bhawar me jaise bichdi sanjh chiraiya
umariya bin khwak ki naiya
umariya bin khwak ki naiya

dhar ajani nadi ajani charo or pani hi pani
dhar ajani nadi ajani charo or pani hi pani
dubegi ya paar lagegi jane ram rakhaiya
umariya bin khewak ki naiya
umariya bin khewak ki naiya
umariya bin khewak ki naiya

A life, a boat without a boatman's hand,
A life, a boat without a boatman's hand,
No sail, no oar, yet eastward winds command,
A life, a boat without a boatman's hand.
A life, a boat without a boatman's hand.

Sometimes it leaps, sometimes it dives, but drowns it can't, nor reaches shore,
Sometimes it leaps, sometimes it dives, but drowns it can't, nor reaches shore,
Lost in the whirlpool, it wanders evermore,
Like a lost bird at evening's door,
A life, a boat without a boatman's hand.
A life, a boat without a boatman's hand.

Unknown the current, unknown the river's flow,
Unknown the current, unknown the river's flow,
Around, the water, everywhere below,
Will it sink, or will it reach the other shore?
Only the Lord, the keeper, knows,
A life, a boat without a boatman's hand.
A life, a boat without a boatman's hand.
A life, a boat without a boatman's hand.