“कर्म रेत की तरह बह जाता है” Karm ret ki tarah beh jaata hai The Hindi line means: Karma flows away like sand Die Hindi-Zeile bedeutet: Wie Sand zerrinnt das Karma. © 2025 Echo Grove Music. All rights reserved. Lyrics written and owned by Echo Grove Music. [Intro] कर्म रेत की तरह बह जाता है [Verse 1] There is a tale told by ancient scholars Passed from mouth to patient ear Of a narrow bridge across a river That roared and rushed and never feared Two trolls met there in the middle Where the water pulled hard and fast Each one swore the bridge was his And neither would let the other pass [Verse 2] One said, “This is mine, I am bigger” The other, “Mine, I am wise” “This is mine because I am better” “This is mine because I am right” “This is mine because you are ugly” “This is mine because you smell” They hurled their truths like heavy stones And rang the bridge like a broken bell [Chorus] While the townsfolk walked on by And no one paid the toll The louder the roar, the lighter the word Till nothing weighed at all कर्म रेत की तरह बह जाता है Karma slips like sand unseen The harder they held their righteousness The less of it there seemed [Verse 3] The river laughed in happy circles The wind grew bored and moved along Children crossed with baskets laughing Humming half-forgotten songs The trolls kept shouting into echoes Counting wrongs and keeping score Never noticed the world kept turning Never saw what crossed the shore [Chorus] While the townfolk walked on by And no one paid the toll The more they roared, the less weight Their mighty words could hold कर्म रेत की तरह बह जाता है No fist can make it stay Time just tips the hourglass And carries it away [Verse 4] They fought there five long years together Through flood and drought and falling leaves While other bridges rose downstream Built by hands that didn’t need to scream The river flowed, the road went on New paths learned how to bend The trolls still guard an empty bridge Arguing how it should stand [Outro] So say the scholars, smiling softly When pride grows loud and tight No bridge belongs to those who block it No truth survives a shouted fight And if you listen, late at night Where old roads meet and part You’ll hear the river teaching still What time writes on the heart कर्म रेत की तरह बह जाता है कर्म रेत की तरह बह जाता है
