banda parwar banda parwar banda parwar
ho raat ke andhere yu chori chori chale kidhar
banda parwar ho raat ke andhere yu
chori chori chale kidhar banda parwar

taar aaya dekhiye aapke sasural se
taar aaya dekhiye aapke sasural se
saas kuwari aapki baithi hai sattar sal se
mile agar koi acha war ha ha mile agar koi acha war
bechari ka nikah do kar
banda parwar ho raat ke andhere yu
chori chori chale kidhar banda parwar

bura na mano to mai puchu
jutho ke sardar se jutho ke sardar se
apna sar kyu fod rahe ho sapno ki diwar se
diwane ho anjane ho diwane ho anjane ho
kya dekh rahe ho aao idhar
banda parwar ho raat ke andhere yu
chori chori chale kidhar banda parwar

aap chhup kar agar chale jate
hal-e dil hum kabhi na kah pate
dil ki har baat dil me rah jati
jindagi aasuo me bah jati
aap chhupkar agar chale jaye
hal-e dil hum kabhi na kah pate
dil ki har baat dil me rah jati
jindagi aasuo me bah jati
phir khawabo ka armano ka
phir khawabo ka armano ka
aaj kabhi na hota par
banda parwar ho raat ke andhere yu
chori chori chale kidhar banda parwar
banda parwar ho raat ke andhere yu
chori chori chale kidhar banda parwar

O, my keeper, my protector, my soul's own guide,
Why, in the night's embrace, do you stealthily glide?
O, my keeper, in shadows' hold,
Why do you steal away, so bold?

A telegram, behold, from your beloved's home,
A message arriving, a heart's soft roam.
Your maiden, they say, though seventy years have passed,
Awaits a worthy groom, her future to cast.
If a noble one appears, a match of good grace,
Then wed the poor soul, find her a place.
O, my keeper, in shadows' hold,
Why do you steal away, so bold?

If I may ask, without offense, of you,
Chief of liars, tell me true.
Why shatter your head against dreams' cold stone?
Lost in delusion, utterly alone?
You're lost, you're astray, your vision unclear,
Come, turn your gaze, and stay right here.
O, my keeper, in shadows' hold,
Why do you steal away, so bold?

If you were to vanish, unseen and unheard,
The secrets of my heart would never be stirred.
Each whispered longing would dwell in its tomb,
And life would be lost in a river of gloom.
If you were to vanish, unseen and unheard,
The secrets of my heart would never be stirred.
Each whispered longing would dwell in its tomb,
And life would be lost in a river of gloom.
Then hopes and desires, dreams and their fire,
Would never, oh never, be fueled higher.
O, my keeper, in shadows' hold,
Why do you steal away, so bold?
O, my keeper, in shadows' hold,
Why do you steal away, so bold?