bulbul pyar me jiye
koi bulbul pyar me jiye
lutau mathura ke parvane
kaise dhak dhak haal dil
kaise dhak dhak haal dil
kaise dhak dhak haal dil

jalane mai shama hu aur ghayal har taraf bechare
jalane mai shama hu aur ghayal har taraf bechare
o jane dil ke kitne unke betaab nazare
koi bulbul pyar me jiye
lutau mathura ke parvane
kaise dhak dhak haal dil
kaise dhak dhak haal dil
kaise dhak dhak haal dil

mukhtare ajam dikhla de aji tum na sahare
mukhtare ajam dikhla de aji tum na sahare
inayat bas dekhu tu ab ae sanam ada de
kaise dhak dhak haal dil

The nightingale lives for love,
Each nightingale lives for love.
I offer myself to Mathura's moths,
How the heart beats, thump-thump,
How the heart beats, thump-thump,
How the heart beats, thump-thump.

I am the lamp that burns, and wounded, the helpless all around,
I am the lamp that burns, and wounded, the helpless all around.
Oh, how many yearning glances of the heart, they abound!
The nightingale lives for love,
I offer myself to Mathura's moths,
How the heart beats, thump-thump,
How the heart beats, thump-thump,
How the heart beats, thump-thump.

Show me the Great Chosen One, oh, you who are my only support,
Show me the Great Chosen One, oh, you who are my only support.
Bestow your grace, I only wish to see your beauty, O Beloved,
How the heart beats, thump-thump.