abki baras bada julm huya mori bali umariya agayi
kabhi sharmaye jiya kabhi ghabraye
mai to solha baras ki bhai bhai re mai to solha baras ki bhai
abki baras bada julm huya mori bali umariya agayi
kabhi sharmaye jiya kabhi ghabraye
mai to solha baras ki bhai bhai re mai to solha baras ki bhai

apne paraye mohe dekhe ruk ruk ke
rah jaye ankhiya mori jhuk jhuk ke
apne paraye mohe dekhe ruk ruk ke
rah jaye ankhiya mori jhuk jhuk ke
chadti umariya ke sang sang aaye
kaisi mushibat nayi bhai re mai to solha baras
ki bhai re mai to solha baras ki bhai
abki baras bada julm huya mori bali umariya agayi
kabhi sharmaye jiya kabhi ghabraye
mai to solha baras ki bhai bhai re mai to solha baras ki bhai

har koi kahe zara chalna sambhal ke
jane kaise ghadi ghadi achra dhalke
har koi kahe zara chalna sambhal ke
jane kaise ghadi ghadi achra dhalke
sang saheli ab mare mohe tana
bate kare kai kai bhai re mai to solha baras ki
bhai re mai to solha baras ki bhai

tare gin gin ke bitau sari ratiya
kuch bhi na bhaye bairi lage mohe duniya
tare gin gin ke bitau sari ratiya
kuch bhi na bhaye bairi lage mohe duniya
ek to jiya more bas me nahi duje pav jalat nirdayi
bhai re mai to solha baras ki bhai
bhai re mai to solha baras ki bhai

This year, a cruel decree, my tender youth arrives,
shy my heart, then it cowers,
I am sixteen, oh, I am sixteen,
This year, a cruel decree, my tender youth arrives,
shy my heart, then it cowers,
I am sixteen, oh, I am sixteen.

Strangers, kin, they gaze, then linger,
my eyes descend, they falter,
Strangers, kin, they gaze, then linger,
my eyes descend, they falter,
this rising tide brings shadows that pursue,
what a fresh torment, I am sixteen,
oh, I am sixteen.
This year, a cruel decree, my tender youth arrives,
shy my heart, then it cowers,
I am sixteen, oh, I am sixteen.

All whisper, tread with care,
how my veil slips, unaware,
All whisper, tread with care,
how my veil slips, unaware,
friends now tease, in their words they dance,
they speak of many things, I am sixteen,
oh, I am sixteen.

Stars I count, through endless nights,
nothing pleases, the world bites,
Stars I count, through endless nights,
nothing pleases, the world bites,
my heart unbound, and then, a cruel foot,
burns, oh, I am sixteen,
oh, I am sixteen.