maa.N 
%(mother)

va.nde maataram
%(i pray to you, o mother)


yahaa.N-vahaa.N saaraa jahaa.N dekh liyaa hai
%(here and there, i have seen the entire world)

kahii.n bhii tere jaisaa ko_ii nahii.n hai
%(but, there is no one anywhere like you)

assii nahii.n sau din duniyaa ghuumaa huu.N
%(i have travelled across the world, not for eighty, but for a hundred days)

nahii.n kahii.n tere jaisaa ko_ii nahii.n hai
%(no one anywhere, like you no one is there)

mai.n gayaa jahaa.N bhii bas terii yaad thii
%(wherever i went, only your memories were there)

jo mere saath thii mujh ko ta.Dapaatii-rulaatii
%(that had accompanied me, torturing me, making me weep)

sab se pyaarii terii suurat pyaar hai bas teraa pyaar hii
%(your face is the loveliest of them all, your affection is the only love)

maa.N tujhe salaam 
%(oh mother! i salute to you)

ammaa tujhe salaam


jahaa.N tuu hai vahaa.N mai.n teraa huu.N divaanaa mai.n
%(wherever you are, i am there, i am mad after you)

jhuumuu.N naachu.n gaa_uu.N tere pyaar kaa taraanaa mai.n
%( i swing, i dance, i sing, the song of your love)

cha.ndaa nahii.n suuraj nahii.n duiyaa kii daulat nahii.n
%(i don't want the moon, nor the sun, nor the wealth of this world)

bas luuTuu.Ngaa tere pyaar kaa khazaanaa
%(i will only loot the treasure of your love)

ek nazar jab terii
%(one glance of yours)

hotii hai pyaar kii
%(you cast on me, filled with love)

duniyaa tab to merii chamake damake mahake re
%(then my world shines, glitters, smells)

teraa cheharaa suuraj jaisaa chaa.Nd sii ThaND hai pyaar me.n
%(you face is like the sun, the coolness of the moon is in your love)


tere paas hii mai.n aa rahaa huu.N apanii baa.Nhe.n khol de
%(i am going to come near you, you please spread your arms)

jor se mujhako gale lagaa le mujhako phir vo pyaar de
%(and hug me enthusiatically, grant me again that love of yours)

maa.N maa.N maa.N 
%(oh mother!, oh mother!, oh mother!)

tuu hii zi.ndagii hai tuu hii merii mohabbat hai
%(only your are the life, only you are my love)

tere hii pairo.n me.n jannat hai tuu hii dil tuu jaa.N maa.N 
%(the paradise lies only in your feet, you are my heart, you are my life, oh mother!)