बनूं खिवैया चलाऊं नैया,
लगाऊं सबकी मैं पार नैया
बनूं मैं बाबा समान सागर,
ना ताल कोई ना मैं तलैया
English (Chorus):
Let me be the boatman, rowing the boat,
Helping everyone cross to the other shore.
Let me become an ocean like Baba — vast and deep,
Not a pond, nor a shallow lake.
[VERSE 1]
Hindi:
सुखी बनाने मुझे वो आया
निहाल करने मुझे वो आया
कभी न उसको भुला सकूंगा
पिता वो मेरा वो मेरी मैया
English:
He came to make me happy,
He came to bless me completely.
Never can I forget Him —
He is my Father, and also my Mother.
Repeat Chorus:
Let me be the boatman, rowing the boat,
Helping everyone cross to the other shore.
Let me become an ocean like Baba — vast and deep,
Not a pond, nor a shallow lake.
[VERSE 2]
Hindi:
बना हूं मैं ऐसा ग्यान दीपक
न कोई इसको बुझा सकेगा
बनो जरा तुम भी ग्यान दीपक
सुनो बहन तुम सुनो रे भैया
English:
I have become such a lamp of divine knowledge,
That no one will ever be able to extinguish it.
So you too become a lamp of knowledge —
Listen, dear sister; listen, dear brother.
Repeat Chorus
[VERSE 3]
Hindi:
न बैर के विष को मन में घोलूं
सदा सभी से मधुर ही बोलूं
सुने जो कोई लगे सुरैया
English:
I will never mix the poison of enmity in my mind,
I will always speak sweetly to everyone.
So that whoever hears me feels it's like a divine melody.
Repeat Final Chorus:
Let me be the boatman, rowing the boat,
Helping everyone cross to the other shore.
Let me become an ocean like Baba — vast and deep,
Not a pond, nor a shallow lake.
