babul ke angna me amba ke tale
meher ki dulaari nazo se pale
bhari bhari gudiya bachpan ki
sandesha le ja re, o badra bahar

amma ki chabhi ke challe se khole
tizori me janu sapne hai pade
jhuthi jhuthi kahani pariyo ki
thi jo tu bata ha, o badra bahar

siske re jiyara, behta re kajra
bheetar chubhta rahe
main bhuri sakhiya, bachpan ki battiya
ghoo-ghoo ye sans ghabraye
piya ko bata de ha, o badra bahar

doli hamri khali phulo me saje
asuvan ki sawari naino me jale
khaari khari savere ki phuhar
sandesha le ja re, o badra bahar
o badra bahar ho, o badra bahar

Beneath the banyan, in father's yard,
A mother's darling, cherished and spared.
A doll of laughter, a childhood's bloom,
Carry my message, oh clouds of doom.

With mother's keys, the lock I turned,
A treasury of dreams, forever burned.
Tales of fairies, whispered so sweet,
You told them to me, oh clouds of defeat.

My heart it weeps, kohl streams down,
A piercing ache, a sorrow's crown.
I, a brown-eyed friend, a childhood's light,
This breath, it falters, into the night.
Tell my beloved, oh clouds of fright.

My empty palanquin, flowers adorn,
Tears as riders, in eyes forlorn.
The salt of morning, a chilling spray,
Carry my message, oh clouds of dismay.
Oh clouds of dismay, oh clouds of dismay.