data mere data tune likhi kyun
beti ki judai takdir me
beti ko to koi na rok paye
chahe ise bandhe janjir me
haye raba aai kyun vidai ki ghadi
roke se ruke na ashuvan ki ladi
ma ki mamata ko bhula ke
bhaiya bhabhi ko rula ke
sakhiyo se daman chhuda ke
aankho se aansu chhalka ke
mayke ki gali chhod ke
tujhe jana hoga tujhe jana hoga
tujhe jana hoga tujhe jana hoga

My Giver, my Giver, why did you weave
parting with a daughter into fate's decree?
No earthly chain can truly hold,
when the daughter yearns to be free.

Oh, Lord, why this hour of farewell's sting?
A river of tears, ceaselessly flowing, a painful thing.
Leaving behind a mother's warm embrace,
leaving brothers and sisters in their place,
parting from friends,
tears like rain that never ends,
leaving the lanes of home,
you must go, you must roam.
You must go, you must roam.