bisri kahani yaad aati hain
bisri kahani yaad aati hain
jab aasu jate hai jab aasu jate hai
hai tapak maa tapak baap re tapak
meri jawani ghabrati hain
mari jawani ghabrati hain
jab thaney jati jab thaney jati
hai rapat maa rapat baap re rapat

lagta nahi hai dil mera ujade dyaar me
lagta nahi hai dil mera ujade dyaar me
aji ujade dyar me aji ujade dyar me
khatmal abe khatmal abe khatmal
nahi yar ye machchar hai machchar
sab katate hai
juye padi izaar me juye padi izaar me
juye padi izaar me nikaal nikaal nikaal
sukh ke kaata ho gaya tere ishq ke bukhar me

kaan me mere chupke se kaan me mere chupk se
ji ye kahta ji ye kahta
hai satak wo satak re bhaiya satak
satak satak satak satak
agle zamaane me to hum
murgi ka chap choumi ka baap
pyor bhaaazi daal or chura
naariyal ka pani theka pe aja
bhai ki roti

A forgotten tale, it surfaces now,
A forgotten tale, it surfaces now,
When tears descend, when tears descend,
A mother's drop, a father's drop, a flood.
My youth, it trembles with the fear,
My youth, it trembles with the fear,
When the station calls, when the station calls,
The report filed, a mother's plea, a father's plight.

My heart finds no solace in this desolate land,
My heart finds no solace in this desolate land,
In this desolate land, in this desolate land,
Bedbugs! Oh, bedbugs! Oh, bedbugs!
No, friend, they are mosquitoes, mosquitoes.
They all bite, they all bite,
Lice crawl within the trousers, within the trousers,
Lice crawl within the trousers, pick them, pick them, pick them.
The thorn of joy has withered in the fever of your love.

Whispering softly into my ear, whispering softly into my ear,
My soul whispers, my soul whispers,
Beware, oh beware, brother, beware.
Beware, beware, beware, beware.
In the next era, we shall be,
The chicken chop, the father of chowmein,
Pure bhaji, and beaten rice,
Coconut water at the liquor store,
My brother's bread.