aa ja re pardesi
main to kab se kahdi is paar
ye ankhiya, thak gayi panth nihar
aa ja re, pardesi
tum sang janam janam ke fere
bhul gaye kyu saajan mere
tum sang janam janam ke fere
bhul gaye kyu saajan mere

tadpat hu main sanjh sawere, o
aa ja re pardesi
main to kab se kahdi is paar
ye ankhiya, thak gayi panth nihar
aa ja re, pardesi
main nadiya fir bhi main pyasi
bhed ye gahra baat jara si
main nadiya fir bhi main pyasi
bhed ye gahra baat jara si

bin tere har raat udasi, o
aa jaa re pardeshi
main to kab se khadi is paar
ye ankhiya, thak gayi panth nihar
aa ja re, pardesi main diye ki aisi baati
jal naa saki jo bujh bhi na paati
aa mil mere jivan sathi, o
aa ja re pardesi
main to kab se kahdi is paar
ye ankhiya, thak gayi panth nihar
aa ja re, pardesi

Come, traveler from afar,
I have waited on this shore,
My eyes, weary of watching the path,
Come, traveler.

With you, cycles of lives we spun,
Why have you forgotten, my beloved one?
With you, cycles of lives we spun,
Why have you forgotten, my beloved one?

I yearn, from dusk till dawn, oh,
Come, traveler from afar,
I have waited on this shore,
My eyes, weary of watching the path,
Come, traveler.

I, a river, yet I thirst,
A hidden truth, a whispered burst,
I, a river, yet I thirst,
A hidden truth, a whispered burst.

Without you, each night is a sorrow, oh,
Come, traveler from afar,
I have waited on this shore,
My eyes, weary of watching the path,
Come, traveler.

I am the wick within a lamp,
Unable to burn, unable to stamp,
Come, my life's companion, oh,
Come, traveler from afar,
I have waited on this shore,
My eyes, weary of watching the path,
Come, traveler.