courage commitment change
Narmada ki ghati mein
narmada ki ghaati mein ab ladaayi jaari hai
chalo utho chalo utho rokna vinaas hai

The fight is on in the Narmada valley
Let's stand up and stop the destruction.


narmada ki ghaati mein ab ladaayi jaari hai
chalo utho chalo utho rokna vinaas hai

The fight is on in the Narmada valley
Let's stand up and stop the destruction.


vikaas ka hi nam par baandh ka ye khel hai
sochlo, jaanlo, laab haani kitni hai

In the name of development, the dam is a drama
Think, figure out the losses and gains



sinchaayi ki to bhool hai dal-dal to honi hai
ganne ke khet mein mazdoor pisaaya hai

Irrigation? Forget it! Waterlogging is happening
In the sugarcane fields, the worker is crushed


bijli ki jaal hai, shehron ka chaal hai
Tapi mein na ban sake wahi haal hona hai
narmada ki ghati mein ...

Bright lights, big cities.. it's a trap
Didn't happen in Tapi, same case here


naa jhaanch hai na fark hai, jhoote hisaab hai
krodon ki lagat, gujarat ki bhi loot hai

Accounts are cooked, studies are faked
Crores invested, even Gujarat is looted


rajniti saaf hai, kursi panch saal hai
baandh fir ho na ho, apna apna rona hai

Breaking the worker's home, snatching the farmer's plough
They will leave lakhs displaced.


mazdoor ka ghar todkar, kisan hal chin kar
dekho ye to chodenge lakhon ko ujaad kar
narmada ki ghati mein ...

The politics is clear, the seat lasts five years
Dam or no dam, each weeps alone
 
na zamin hai na dhaam hai, punarvas ka naam hai
bulaakar bhagaane ka saara intazem hai

No land, no resources, call it rehabilitation
All arrangements to make people flee.

mantri ka elaan hai, party ka ahvaan hai
bhayi apna sochlo, tekedaar ka raj hai

The minister's charm, the party's banquet
All greased by the palms of the contractor

labhon ka vada hai, manav ka sauda hai
pachaas saal ke liye pidiyon ka rona hai

Promises of progress, woe to humanity
For short-lived gains, generations weep

narmada ki ghati mein ...
narmada bachao, manav bachao!!
 
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