aai diwali, aai diwali, aai diwali, aai diwali
dipak sang nache patanga, mai kisake sang nachu bata ja
dipak sang nache patanga, mai kisake sang nachu bata ja
aai diwali, aai diwali

bachapan javani sang nachake chala gaya
bachapan javani sang nachake chala gaya
abb nache javani budhape sang woh din aa gaya
abb nache javani budhape sang woh din aa gaya
bichhade huye sathi jara aa, mai kisake sang nachu bata ja
aai diwali, aai diwali

kisko guman tha woh din yu gujar jayenge
kisko guman tha woh din yu gujar jayenge
aur ek bar jake woh phir laut ke na aayenge
aur ek bar jake woh phir laut ke na aayenge
bichhade huye sathi jara aa, mai kisake sang nachu bata ja
aai diwali, aai diwali
dipak sang nache patanga, mai kisake sang nachu bata ja
aai diwali, aai diwali

Diwali arrives, Diwali arrives, Diwali arrives, Diwali arrives,
The moth dances with the lamp, tell me, with whom shall I dance?
The moth dances with the lamp, tell me, with whom shall I dance?
Diwali arrives, Diwali arrives.

Childhood and youth danced and vanished, gone.
Childhood and youth danced and vanished, gone.
Now youth dances with age, that day has dawned.
Now youth dances with age, that day has dawned.
O, departed companions, come forth, tell me, with whom shall I dance?
Diwali arrives, Diwali arrives.

Who knew those days would pass away so soon?
Who knew those days would pass away so soon?
And once departed, they would never return?
And once departed, they would never return?
O, departed companions, come forth, tell me, with whom shall I dance?
Diwali arrives, Diwali arrives.
The moth dances with the lamp, tell me, with whom shall I dance?
Diwali arrives, Diwali arrives.