mai jawan ho gayi mai jawan ho gayi
solah baras jab thi mori umariya
sare sahar ki thi mujhpe najariya
solah baras jab thi mori umariya
sare sahar ki thi mujhpe najariya
solah baras jab thi mori umariya
sare sahar ki thi mujhpe najariya
pan pan pan pan pan
mai jawan ho gayi mai jawan ho gayi
hua kamal hua kamal mai jawan ho gayi
mai jawan ho gayi mai jawan ho gayi
allah banaras ka pan ho gayi
allah banaras ka pan ho gayi
pan pan pan pan
pan pan pan pan
allah banaras ka pan ho gayi
dayya banaras ka pan ho gayi
ho laila ho laila
pan pan pan pan
pan pan pan pan

har koi samjhe mujhe apni laila
koi balam mora koi hai chaila
har koi samjhe mujhe apni laila
koi balam mora koi hai chaila
hua kamal mai jawan ho gayi
mai jawan ho gayi mai jawan ho gayi
allah banaras ka pan ho gayi
mitha banaras ka pan ho gayi
allah banaras ka pan ho gayi
mitha banaras ka pan ho gayi

I bloomed, I bloomed, a blossoming,
Sixteen years, a maiden's spring.
The city's gaze, a burning thing,
Sixteen years, the songs they sing.
Sixteen years, the shadows cling,
The city's eyes, a hungry sting.
Paan, paan, paan, paan.
I bloomed, I bloomed, a vibrant swing,
A wonder born, the joy I bring,
I bloomed, I bloomed, on youthful wing.
Allah, the paan of Banaras, taking wing.
Allah, the paan of Banaras, beginning.
Paan, paan, paan, paan.
Paan, paan, paan, paan.
Allah, the paan of Banaras, I sing.
Allah, the paan of Banaras, everything.
Ho Laila, ho Laila.
Paan, paan, paan, paan.
Paan, paan, paan, paan.

Each sees in me their Laila's face,
A lover's song, a bold embrace.
Each sees in me their Laila's grace,
A lover's song, in time and space.
A wonder born, in time and place,
I bloomed, I bloomed, at life's swift pace.
Allah, the paan of Banaras, sweet trace.
The sweet paan of Banaras, in this place.
Allah, the paan of Banaras, sweet embrace.
The sweet paan of Banaras, finding space.