daang ding daang mumbai chi chokari
he daang ding daang, mumbai cha chhokra
he daang ding daang mumbai chi chokari
he daang ding daang, mumbai cha chhokra

he daang ding daang ding mumbai chi chhokari
nibu naarangi maisami chi tokari
hay dekh le fir pyar se
khali peeli kahe ko gussa kare
hay dekh le fir pyar se
khali peeli kahe ko gussa kare
daang ding daang ding mumbai chi chhokari
nibu naarangi maisami chi tokari

daang ding daang, daang ding daang

kya teri maa teri bahan, ghar me nahi koi tere
aurat ki na ijjat kare
kyu ladkiyo ko yu chhede
kya teri maa teri bahan, ghar me nahi koi tere
aurat ki na ijjat kare
kyu ladkiyo ko yu chhede
aadat buri ye chhod de, ab bhi sudhar ja divane
utra na jo tera nasha, ek din tu jaayega thane
ja ja re ja chal fut ja
dekhe tere jaise lafange bade
daang ding daang ding mumbai chi chhokari
are tere jaise dekha na beshrm dusra
raste me hain pitate yaha
tere jaise hi sarfire chhokare
daang ding daang ding mumbai chi chhokari
daang ding daang ding mumbai cha chhokra

daang ding daang, daang ding daang

deke janam maa chal basi, tha baap bevda hamara
ham to pale phutpaath pe, galiyo me bhatke aavara
deke janam maa chal basi, tha baap bevda hamara
ham to pale phutpaath pe, galiyo me bhatke aavara
ham raat din bhukhe rahe
paakit hamesha tha khaali
kismat me tha banana yahi
to ban gaye ham mawali
ho jaye jo teri najar
kismat ke maaro ki kismat khuli
daang ding daang ding mumbai chi chhokari
daang ding daang ding mumbai cha chhokra
hay dekh le fir pyar se
khali peeli kahe ko gussa kare
ja ja re ja chal fut ja
dekhe tere jaise lafange bade
daang ding daang ding mumbai chi chhokari
daang ding daang ding mumbai cha chhokra
daang ding daang ding mumbai chi chhokari
daang ding daang ding mumbai cha chhokra
daang ding daang ding mumbai chi chhokari
daang ding daang ding mumbai cha chhokra
he he he he he he

* * *

A rhythm rings, Mumbai's daughter sings,
A pulse of Mumbai, the boy it brings.
A rhythm rings, Mumbai's daughter sings,
A pulse of Mumbai, the boy it brings.

A rhythm rings, Mumbai's daughter's dance,
A citrus basket, a sunlit glance.
Look, then, with love, let anger cease,
Look, then, with love, find inner peace.
A rhythm rings, Mumbai's daughter's dance,
A citrus basket, a sunlit glance.

Rhythm rings, rhythm rings.

Mother, sister, no woman in your home?
You disrespect, where hearts should roam.
Why harass the girls you see?
Mother, sister, no woman in your home?
You disrespect, where hearts should roam.
Why harass the girls you see?
Leave this wretched habit now, before it's too late,
If you don't sober up, the station waits.
Go, begone, fade away,
We've seen your ilk before this day.
Rhythm rings, Mumbai's son astray,
We've seen a shameless one like you this way.
On the streets, a beating waits,
For crazed boys like you, the city states.
Rhythm rings, Mumbai's daughter sings,
Rhythm rings, Mumbai's son it brings.

Rhythm rings, rhythm rings.

Mother birthed, then passed away,
A drunkard father, that was our day.
We grew on pavements, wandering free,
Mother birthed, then passed away,
A drunkard father, that was our day.
We grew on pavements, wandering free.
We were hungry through night and day,
Empty pockets, come what may.
Fate decreed this was our plight,
We became the street's dark light.
If your gaze meets our despair,
Fortune's doors will open there.
Rhythm rings, Mumbai's daughter sings,
Rhythm rings, Mumbai's son it brings.
Look, then, with love, let anger cease,
Look, then, with love, find inner peace.
Go, begone, fade away,
We've seen your ilk before this day.
Rhythm rings, Mumbai's daughter sings,
Rhythm rings, Mumbai's son it brings.
Rhythm rings, Mumbai's daughter sings,
Rhythm rings, Mumbai's son it brings.
Rhythm rings, Mumbai's daughter sings,
Rhythm rings, Mumbai's son it brings.
Heh heh heh heh heh heh