din bite ladak pan ke mai to aai hu ban than ke
o raja zara aaja re chori chori o raja zara aaja re chori chori
o raja zara aaja re chori chori mai kali mancahli aai teri gali
bhawre bina tadap rahi jaise champa kali jaise champa kali
rang badal badal gaye gore gore tan ke thande thande chaid rahe
jhoke pawan ke din bite ladak pan ke
mai to aai hu ban than ke o raja zara aaja re chori chori
o raja zara aaja re chori chori

ye lato ki ladi motiyo se jadi aaye idhar jaye udhar dolti
har ghadi dolti har ghadi angdai aaye sakhi kangan
bhi khanke behek behek jau jab payaliya chanke
din bite ladak pan ke mai to aai hu ban than ke
o raja zara aaja re chori chori o raja zara aaja re chori chori

meet ki chah me kho gai rah me pyasa badan jalne laga
rup ki aanho ma rup ki aanho me
ji chahe tukde karu mue darpan ke
bar bar mujhse kahe din hai milan
ke din bite ladak pan ke mai to aai hu ban than ke
o raja zara aaja re chori chori
o raja zara aaja re chori chori
o raja zara aaja re chori chori

Childhood’s days, a river flowed, I bloom, adorned, and bold,
Oh, King, now steal away, in secret light, oh, King, now steal away, in secret light.
Oh, King, now steal away, in secret light, I, a bud, now reach your street.

Like a bee, the lotus yearns, as a lotus, yearns with heat.
The fair skin, hues now change, the cool winds now tease,
Childhood’s days, a river flowed,
I bloom, adorned, and bold, oh, King, now steal away, in secret light.
Oh, King, now steal away, in secret light.

These chains of feet, with pearls entwined, wander here, and there, they sway,
Each moment sways, each moment sighs, my friend, my bangles chime and sing,
I lose my way, I lose my way,
Childhood’s days, a river flowed, I bloom, adorned, and bold,
Oh, King, now steal away, in secret light.
Oh, King, now steal away, in secret light.

Lost in longing for my love, lost upon the road, my thirsty frame burns,
In the sighs of beauty, in the sighs of beauty,
I desire to shatter, this wretched mirror's claim,
Again, it whispers, of the tryst,
Childhood's days, a river flowed, I bloom, adorned, and bold,
Oh, King, now steal away, in secret light.
Oh, King, now steal away, in secret light.
Oh, King, now steal away, in secret light.