ari o albeli naar kyu kare chhupa kar war
ghunghat ke pat khol de
aur karle ankhiya char
ho chal sair kara du ganga ke mele me
ye rut padi mai sajan akele me
ho chal sair kara du ganga ke mele me
ganga ke mele me

tu jhutha bahrupiya jhutha tera pyar
teri sakal langur ki mai ho gayi re bejar
ho mujhe chhod gaya tu mele ke rele me
ho mujhe chhod gaya tu mele ke rele me
ho chal sair kara du ganga ke mele me
ganga ke mele me

maine dekhi nar ek julfi, o julfi
pahle kyu na khali re barfi kulfi, o kulfi
ho wo chali gayi thi fashion ke thele me
ho wo chali gayi thi fashion ke thele me
liye dudh khadi mai sajan akele me
sajan akele me

ha tu kya jane peed parai
aji ishq nahi hai dudh malai
majnu ki khatir to laila hua diwana
o tuhje ye bhi khabar nahi
ke laila mard tha ya janana
o chal chhod ye jhagde pad na jhmele me
chal chhod ye jhagde pad na jhmele me
chal sair kara du ganga ke mele me
ganga ke mele me

Oh, fair maiden, why hide your blows,
Unveil your veil, let your eyes disclose.
Come, I'll take you to the Ganges fair,
This season falls, and I stand bare.
Come, to the Ganges fair.

You're a false pretender, your love untrue,
Your face a baboon, I'm weary of you.
You left me behind in the crowd's sway,
You left me, oh, in the fair's array.
Come, to the Ganges fair.

I saw a maiden with tresses so deep,
Why, oh why, didn't you buy me a sweet?
She vanished away to fashion's stall,
I stand alone, with milk for all.
Alone I stand.

You know not the ache in another's heart,
Love's not mere cream, a fleeting art.
For Majnu, Laila went mad in desire,
You don't even know, fueled by fire,
If Laila was man, or woman entire.
Come, let's leave these squabbles, end this fray,
Come, to the Ganges fair, come away.
To the Ganges fair.