Krishna Nee Begane Baro (Cover) Lyrics by Umariya Sinhawansa

Krishna nee begane baro (Krishna, please come to me without delay)
Krishna nee begane baro (Krishna, please come to me without delay)
Darkness is closing in
and everyone is fighting with their brothers
Everyone wants control
and nobody hesitates to kill one another
So come back as Jesus
Come back and save the world
Bless the whole future
of every boy and girl
Come back as Rama
Forgive us for what we have done
Come back as Allah
Come back as anyone

Krishna nee begane baro (Krishna, please come to me without delay)
Krishna nee begane baro (Krishna, please come to me without delay)

Religion is the reason
the world is breaking into pieces
The colour of people’s skin
keeps us locked in hate, please set us free

So come down and help us
Save all the little ones
They need a teacher
and you are the only one
we can rely on
to build a better world
A world meant for children
a world meant for everyone

Krishna nee begane baro (Krishna, please come to me without delay)
Krishna nee begane baro (Krishna, please come to me without delay)

Time is the healer
Time moves on
Time does not wait for anyone
You say you will come back
but that will take some time
I am waiting…

ahh……
I am waiting…
Waiting…
I am waiting…

Yeaa…

Come back as Jesus
Come back and save the world
Bless the whole future
of every boy and girl
Come back as Rama
Forgive us for what we have done
Come back as Allah
Come back for everyone
Krishna nee begane baro (Krishna, please come to me without delay)
Krishna nee begane baro (Krishna, please come to me without delay)

This is a prayer set to music, a plea for some kind of divine help in a world that feels like it is falling apart. The body of the song is sung in English, but it is anchored by an old devotional line repeated in Kannada, “Krishna nee begane baro,” which means “Krishna, please come to me, and come without delay.” That single line is itself a classic South Indian devotional song to the child god Krishna, so the whole piece is built around an ancient cry for God to show up.

What makes it striking is that it does not ask for only one god. The singer calls out for Krishna, then for Jesus, then for Rama, then for Allah, and finally says “come back as anyone.” The idea is simple and deliberate: the name does not matter, only that some loving, saving power returns to a world busy tearing itself apart. The verses name exactly what is wrong, brothers fighting brothers, everyone grabbing for control, people killing each other without a second thought, religion itself splitting the world into pieces, and skin colour keeping people trapped in hatred. So the prayer is partly a confession, “forgive us for what we have done,” and partly a request to be set free from all of that.

The heart of it is the children. The singer asks the returning god to save “the little ones” and to build “a world that’s for children, a world that’s for everyone,” because the grown-up world has made such a mess of things. The plea is for a teacher the world can actually rely on, someone to guide it somewhere better than where it is now.

Then the song quietens into something more human and uncertain. “Time is the healer, time moves on, time doesn’t wait for anyone.” God has promised to come back, but the singer knows that will take time, and all that is left to do is wait. The long, repeated “I’m waiting” at the end is the whole feeling of the song in a few words, the ache of holding on for a rescue that has been promised but has not arrived yet. It closes not with the comfort of an answer but with the patience and the longing of someone still listening for footsteps.