aa bedardi balam aa preet ka kar hisab
kabhi tu aankh bacha kar kabhi tu aankh milakar
kabhi tu aankh chura kar mere sapno me aayi
jigar me aag lagai meri sudh budh bisrayi

tera nit naya bahana tera wo aana jana
kabhi yuhi muskuna kabhi aankhe bhar lana
meri jaan tad dha ta tha tere dil ko fasa tha
dekho ji balam jalam ha ha ji balam jalam
jalam kiye jaye sitam kiye jaye
dekho ji balam jalam ha ha ji balam jalam
jalam kiye jaye

hatho me dil hamra le le hatho me dil hamra le le
chahe to ji bhar ke khele chahe to tod giraye
chahe to tod giraye teri mithi najar muskuraye
jalam kiye jaye sitam kiye jaye
dekho ji balam jalam
ha ha ji balam jalam jalam kiye jaye

aisi hai preet ki dori aisi hai preet ki dori
chanda se uljhi hai chakori tadap tadap mar jaye
tadap tadap mar jaye teri mithi najar muskuraye
jurm kiye jaye sitam kiye jaye
dekho ji balam jalam
ha ha ji balam jalam jurm kiye jaye

Come, heartless beloved, let love's ledger be laid bare,
Sometimes with eyes that evade, sometimes with glances that ensnare,
Sometimes with stolen glances, you entered my dreams so deep,
Igniting fire in my soul, leaving my senses asleep.

Your excuses are endless, your comings and goings a game,
A smile one moment, the next, a flood of tears, a flame.
My very life, once tethered to you, my heart ensnared,
Look, my cruel beloved, yes, my cruel one, beyond compared,
You heap on cruelty, you heap on pain,
Look, my cruel beloved, yes, my cruel one, again and again,
You heap on cruelty.

Our heart, now held within your hand,
Our heart, now held within your hand,
To play with as you will, to shatter and to break,
To shatter and to break, while your sweet gaze does make
Cruel sport of us, to heap on pain,
Look, my cruel beloved,
Yes, my cruel one,
You heap on cruelty.

Such is the thread of love, this bond we call our own,
Such is the thread of love, twisted and overgrown,
Like the moon-struck bird that yearns, and in its longing sighs,
Yearns and in its longing dies, while your sweet gaze does rise
And heap on cruelty, to heap on pain,
Look, my cruel beloved,
Yes, my cruel one,
You heap on cruelty.