chham chhnan chhnan chham chham
chham chhnan chhnan chham chham
chham chhnan chhnan chham chham

o ho chham chhnan chhnan chham chham
chham chhnan chhnan chham chham
chalo paniya bharan ko ptli kamariya pe
dhar ke gagariya ho sajaniya paniya bharan ko
chalo paniya bharan ko ptli kamariya pe
dhar ke gagariya ho

mai albeli kamini mera lal kuwar hai naam ji
mai albeli kamini mera lal kuwar hai naam ji
sans sunave galiya mujhe nanad kare badnaam ji
chham chhnan chhnan chham chham
chham chhnan chhnan chham chham

mera din sara panghat pe bite takat balam ki bat ji
more pyase pritm aayenge ab ganga jamuna ghat ji
chalo madhur milan ho o sajaniya paniya bharan ko ho
chalo paniya bharan ko ptli kamariya pe
dhar ke gagariya ho
chham chhnan chhnan chham chham
chham chhnan chhnan chham chham

Rhythms fall, a silver chime,
Rhythms fall, with passing time,
Rhythms fall, a whispered rhyme.

Oh, rhythms fall, a silver chime,
Rhythms fall, in pantomime,
Let us fetch water, slender waists aligned,
Upon our hips, the pitchers bind,
Oh, dear companions, water we find.
Let us fetch water, slender waists aligned,
Upon our hips, the pitchers bind.

I, a maiden, wild and free, my love, a prince so grand, you see,
I, a maiden, wild and free, my love, a prince so grand, you see,
My breath a curse, the world decrees, my sister-in-law, she shames me.
Rhythms fall, a silver chime,
Rhythms fall, with passing time.

My days all spent, at water's edge, awaiting my love's return, I pledge,
My strength, my love's promise, the flow, the Ganges, the Jamuna glow,
My thirsty love, will come to me, a river's promise, wild and free,
Let sweet reunions now unfold, Oh, dear companions, brave and bold,
Let us fetch water, slender waists aligned,
Upon our hips, the pitchers bind.
Rhythms fall, a silver chime,
Rhythms fall, with passing time.