Is mitti mein ab sona nahin
Is mitte ab voh kanak nahin
Chamakti bulaati par kya de jaati
Ab kis haq se ma kehlaati
Seench kheench ke diya nichod
Beej namak sa adbhut bejod
Roothi maati, rookhi maati
Voh bhi kitna seh paati
Kroor akele se lad leti
Kaamp krodh mei use jad leti
Bhole ko voh raaz sikhlaati
Barason baras sahaj dikhlaati
Bedhyaane ka dar khatkhatati
Ritu sang khel, rang ramaati
Par bhookhe se gayi voh haar
Atah lobh par kahan karein vaar
इस मिट्टी में अब सोना नहीं
इस मिटते अब वोह कनक नहीं
चमकती बुलाती पर क्या दे जाती
अब किस हक से माँ कहलाती ?
सींच खींच के दिया निचोड़
बीज नमक सा अद्भुत बेजोड़
रूठी माती , रूखी माती
वोह भी कितना सह पाती
क्रूर अकेले से लड़ लेती
कांप क्रोध में उसे जड़ लेती
भोले को वोह राज़ सिखलाती
बरसों बरस सहज दिखलाती
बेध्याने का दर खटखटाती
ऋतू संग खेल , रंग रामाती
पर भूखे से गयी वोह हार
अतह लोभ पर कहाँ करें वार
Is mitti mein ab sona nahin
Is mitte ab voh kanak nahin
(This earth now has no gold/place to sleep
This earth now does not have that gold/grain)
Chamakti bulaati par kya de jaati
Ab kis haq se ma kehlaati?
(It glistens, calls, but what can it give
Now what right does it have to be called mother?)
Seench kheench ke diya nichod
Beej namak sa adbhut bejod
(Irrigated, extracted, it has been squeezed dry
Seeded as if with salt, strange, unknown/without a pair)
{bejod=without equal. Note, only one with an equal can propogate)
Roothi maati, rookhi maati
Voh bhi kitna seh paati
(The earth sulks, the earth dries
How much could it have borne)
Kroor akele se lad leti
Kaamp krodh mei use jad leti
(It could have dealt with those merely cruel
Quaking in anger, it would have trapped them)
Bhole ko voh raaz sikhlaati
Barason baras sahaj dikhlaati
(To the simple, it would have taught the secret
Over the years/rain after rain, it would have easily been shown)
Bedhyaane ka dar khatkhatati
Ritu sang khel, rang ramaati
(To the careless, it would have knocked on their door
Playing with the seasons, it would have set up a colour play/game)
Par bhookhe se gayi voh haar
Atah lobh par kahan karein vaar
(But from it has lost the battle against the hungry
Where does one strike unending greed?)
(atah = unending, without a floor; atah : therefore)
