apni nagariya chhod ke raja
mere gaav kyu aaye ho
ho raja mere gaav kyu aaye ho
apni nagariya chhod ke raja
mere gaav kyu aaye ho ji
mere gaav kyu aaye ho
apni nagariya chhod ke raja
mere gaav kyu aaye ho
ho raja mere gaav kyu aaye ho

meri nagariya suni padi thi
ghor andhera chhaya tha
us nagri me rahte rahte
jiya mera ghabraya tha
tere nagar me chand nahi kya
nahi chamakte tare hai
jagmag karti kirno ke
kya wahi nahi najare hai
chand sitare sabhi waha hai
lekin aisa chand kaha
jise dhundhane mai nikla hu
wo hai mera chand yaha
isi chand ki khatir gori
nagar nagar bharmaya hai
apni nagariya chhod ke gori
tere gaav me aaya hu

o pardesi tere nagar me
rup nahi kya rang nahi
gungun gungun karte bhawro ke dal
phul kamal ke sang nahi
sun pardesan rup waha hai
lekin aisa rang nahi
jiwan hai jite hai hum
par jine ka koi dhang nahi
jiwan hai jite hai hum
par jine ka koi dhang nahi

Leaving your kingdom behind, O King,
Why have you come to my village?
O King, why have you come to my village?
Leaving your kingdom behind, O King,
Why have you come to my village, oh?
To my village, why have you come?
Leaving your kingdom behind, O King,
Why have you come to my village?
O King, why have you come to my village?

My kingdom lay desolate,
Deep darkness had fallen.
Living within that city,
My heart was filled with dread.
Don't you have a moon in your city?
Don't the stars shine there?
Don't you have the same sights,
Of radiant, shimmering light?
The moon and stars are all there,
But where is such a moon?
The one I came searching for,
Is my moon here.
For the sake of this moon, fair maiden,
I wandered through every city.
Leaving my city behind, fair maiden,
I have come to your village.

O stranger, in your city,
Don't you have beauty, don't you have color?
Don't you have the humming of bees,
With lotus flowers in their dance?
Listen, stranger woman, beauty is there,
But such color is not.
Life we live,
But there is no way to live.
Life we live,
But there is no way to live.