चुँदरिया कटती जाये रे

चुँदरिया कटती जाये रे, उमरिया घटती जाये रे
काम कठन जीवन थोड़ा, काम कठन है रे
काम कठन जीवन थोड़ा, पगला मन घबराये

दुख-दर्द सहें बनजारे भइया, धूप में देखें तारे
दिन-रात बहायें पसीना हम, कुछ हाथ न आये हमारे
हमरी सारी मेहनत माया, ठगवा ठग ले जाये

धरती पे कितने बारा-मासे, बीत गये रे आ के रामा
बीत गये रे आ के रामा
दुनिया के लिये है लीला तेरी, हमरे भाग में फाँके रामा
हमरे भाग में फाँके,
कागज हो तो बाँच लूँ रामा, भाग न बाँचो जाये

संसार में तेरे लूट मची और जान के पड़ गये लाले
अब रोक जनम की चक्की रे संसार चलाने वाले
काल पड़ा है रोटी का और दुनिया बढ़ती जाये

With each day passing, the Protective Garment of Life gets more torn, and life itself gets shorter. We become frantic and confused when we realize that there is still so much to achieve in such a short time left to live.

0 brothers traveling the Path of Life! We have endured misery/pain, and frustration while earning a living. Day and night we toil, but to no avail. Some unknown force ultimately snatches away all that we accumulate.

0 God! Years come and go while we live on Earth, and nothing substantial happens for us. It would seem that You created the Earth only to display Your Creative Potency. In the meantime, we suffer misery as our allotment. Alas! If only we could have deciphered our Fate the way we read and decipher what’s written on paper!

Everywhere we turn we see the rich and powerful stealing and hoarding Earth’s resources. Human lives are in grave danger because there is little left for poor people to subsist on. Lord, You are the Ruler of the World. Put a check on uncontrolled growth in the world population. Hunger has reached alarming proportions, and the world population is still expanding!