We are all Puppets - Saadho - Ham Sab hain Kathputli

Ham sab hain kathputli 

Saadho Ham sab hain kathputli 

koyi gori koyi kaali Saadho koyi maili koyi ujali 

Saadho Ham sab hain kathputli 

Jyon chaahay ye ham ko nachaaye 

Chhin mein hansaaye chhin mein rulaaye 

Naachna hoga us laya mein hee jaisi bajegi Dafli 

Saadho Ham sab hain kathputli 

Koyi hans kar koyi ro kar naachay 

koyi paa kar koyi kho kar naachay 

Naach rahay hain sab us dhun mein jaisay nachaavay murli

Saadho Ham sab hain kathputli 

Apnay bas mein kuchh bhi nahin hai 

Jeevan ka bas khel yahi hai 

Jaisay raakhay rehna hoga ban kay is ki Putali 

Saadho Ham sab hain kathputli 

Jis rang raakhay us rang reh len 

Jo hota hai hans kay seh len 

Jeevan dhaagaa bunanaa hoga ban kay is ki takali 

Saadho Ham sab hain kathputli 

Kaun jaanay kab chhootay kinaara 

Dhaara mein mil ban jaaye dhaara 

Dhoondo usay vo lehar kidhar hai abhi abhi jo uchhali

Saadho Ham sab hain kathputli 

Gyan ki naiyaa Guru khevaiyaa 

Jaana hai us paar ray bhaiyya 

Bheed bhidaiyaa mein duniya ki dekho jaye na kuchali

Saadho Ham sab hain kathputli 

Rubb mein sab hain - sab Rubb maahin 

Is say baahar kuchh bhee naahin 

Is mein jeenaa is mein marnaa jyon saagar mein machhali

Saadho Ham sab hain kathputli 

Ujali chaadar bunanay aaye 

Asht-kamal ka charkhaa laaye 

Sat ki pooni, Naam ka Taklaa, Sumiran ki kar sutali 

Saadho Ham sab hain kathputli 

Janm janam say naach rahay hain 

Maaya mein rach paach rahay hain 

Sadiyon say jo ulajhi 'Rajan' Suljhaa len vo guthali

Saadho - suljhaa len vo guthali

Ham sab hain kathputli 

Saadho Ham sab hain kathputli                    

           " Rajan Sachdeva " 

Kathputli          = Puppets

Takali                = Spinning needle or rod 

Dhaara              = Stream

kuchali             = Crushed

Pooni                = Cotton ball

Taklaa               = Spindle

Sutli                  = Roll of Thread

Rach paach      = Entangled

Guthali             = Knot, Riddle, Mystery

                          English Translation

We are all puppets 

Sadho, we are all puppets

Some are fair, some are dark, some are dirty, some are clean 

Sadhho, we are all puppets

As It sees fit, It makes us dance

Sometimes to laugh - Sometimes to cry 

We have to dance in the same rhythm as the drum plays.

Sadhho, we are all puppets.

Some dance happily, some dance crying.

Some on gaining, some on losing

Everyone is dancing to the tune of the flute.

Sadhho, we are all puppets.

Nothing is in our control.

It's the way of the game of life.

We have to live as it comes - like a puppet

Because we all are puppets

We must yield to the circumstances. 

Whatever happens, we should bear it with a smile

and weave the thread of life, becoming its spindle

Sadhho, we are all puppets.

Who knows when we will leave the shore 

- merge with the stream and become the stream.

Where is that wave that jumped up just a moment ago?

Gyan is the boat - Guru is the boatman (driver)

We must go to the other side - brothers

Don't get crushed in the crowd of the world's illusions.

Everyone is in God - God is in everyone 

Nothing is outside of God.

We live in Him and die in Him - like a fish in the ocean.

Came in the world to weave a pure and bright sheet

Brought with us the spinning wheel of Ashta Kamal

Make Truth the cotton ball, Naam (the pure name) spindle, and weave the twine of Sumiran.

We have been dancing from birth to birth - 

always entangled in Maya.

Let's untangle that knot that has entangled for centuries.

Sadho, untangle that knot.

                           "Rajan Sachdeva"