aap bahut der se aaye raja bahadur
abb main dukan band kar chuki hun
hum kisi dukan par nahi aaye dulhaari
tumhare ghar aaye hai
humein baithane ke liye nahi puchhogi
ji aayiye tashrif rakhiye
tum bhi baitho hamare pas
jis dulhari ko aap bula rahe hai
woh to kab ki mar chuki hai raaja bahadur
aur jo aapke samane hai woh to ik chita hai
jo ab tak jal rahi hai, sulag rahi hai
kehate hai chita ko chhedana paap hota hai
khair aap yeh batayiye kya sunenge
aaj tum jo sunaogi hum sunenge
toh phir aap biti suniye, meri kahaani, meri jabaani
badnaam ho gaya dil ha ha ha ha
badnam ho gaya dil, bas aapki badaulat
hamne sajaayi mehfil, bas aapki badaulat
badnam ho gaya dil, bas aapki badaulat
hamne sajaayi mehfil, bas aapki badaulat
badnaam ho gaya dil

humse wafa jo karte, hum kyun yaha pe aate
humse wafa jo karte, hum kyun yaha pe aate
hum bhi the phul ghar ke ghar mein hi muskurate
payi hai kaisi manjil, bas aapki badaulat
badnam ho gaya dil, bas aapki badaulat
hamne sajayi mehfil, bas aapki badaulat
badnam ho gaya dil

hasti mitaayi humne, lekin na aap mane
hasti mitaayi humne, lekin na aap mane
aurat ka pyaar kya hai, sarkaar yeh na jane
saara badan hai bismil, bas aapki badaulat
badnam ho gaya dil, bas aapki badaulat
hamne sajaayi mehfil, bas aapki badaulat
badnam ho gaya dil

hans hanske jal rahe hain, hum apni chandani mein
humne sukun na paaya, do din ki jindagi mein
barbadiya hai shamil, bas aapki badaulat
badnam ho gaya dil, bas aapki badaulat
hamne sajayi mehfil, bas aapki badaulat
badnam ho gaya dil

Late arrives the brave king,
My shop is closed for the night.
We seek no commerce, Beloved,
But your hearth, where we alight.
Will you not bid me be seated?
Enter, and take your ease.
Join me, sit close by my side.
The Dulari you seek,
King, has long since departed.
The woman before you,
A pyre, still smoldering,
Still burning bright.
To disturb the pyre, they say, is sin.
Tell me, what shall we hear?
Tonight, I will listen to your words.
Then, listen to my tale, my story,
From my own lips unfurled.

My heart is defamed, yes, yes, yes,
Defamed, only by your hand.
We adorned the gathering, only by your hand,
My heart is defamed, only by your hand.
We adorned the gathering, only by your hand.
My heart is defamed.

Had you been true to me,
Why would I be here now?
Had you been true to me,
I'd bloom, a flower in my own home.
What a fate have I found, only by your hand.
My heart is defamed, only by your hand.
We adorned the gathering, only by your hand.
My heart is defamed.

I erased my own existence, but you did not heed.
I erased my own existence, but you did not heed.
What a woman's love is, the king will never know.
My whole body is wounded, only by your hand.
My heart is defamed, only by your hand.
We adorned the gathering, only by your hand.
My heart is defamed.

I burn smiling, in my own moonlight.
I found no peace in my brief life.
Wreckage is included, only by your hand.
My heart is defamed, only by your hand.
We adorned the gathering, only by your hand.
My heart is defamed.