dur desh se aaya
dur desh se aaya hu lekar sandesh?
dekho aaya mithai vala
dekho ji dekho, aaya mithai wala
rangila dekho, aaya mihtai wala
dur desh se aaya

aao pyare tumhe khilaau
aisi ek mithaai
aao pyare tumhe khilaau
aisi ek mithaai
bachpan bita aai javani
fir tune na khai
are bhai fir bhi tune na khai
buddha khaye
buddha khaye javan ho jaye
aisa nuksaa dala
dekho aaya mithai vala
dekho ji dekho, aaya mithai wala
rangila dekho, aaya mihtai wala
dur desh se aaya

ye hain peda ye hain barfi
aur banarsi halvaa
ha ha barfi bhi halvaa bhi
ye hain peda ye hain barfi
aur banarsi halva
khakar dekho thodi der me
ye dikhaye kya jalvaa
are ye dikhaye kya jalvaa
paise nahi to
paise nahi to fir de jana
chakh ke dekho lala
dekho aaya mithai vala
rangila dekho, aaya mihtai wala
dur desh se aaya

lo kaka tum bhi kha lo
ye piste dudh ki rabadi
ha ha vaah vaah rabadi
lo kaka tum bhi kha lo
ye piste dudh ki rabadi
ye teri takdir hain ki
ham aa gaye hain is nagri
are aa gaye hain is nagari
bade bado ko
bade bado ko nahi mile ye
rasgulla ras vala
dekho aaya mithai vala
dekho ji dekho, aaya mithai wala
rangila dekho, aaya mihtai wala
dur desh se aaya

From lands afar, I journeyed,
Bearing a message untold?
Behold, the Sweetmeat Vendor,
Behold, I say, the Sweetmeat Vendor!
Vibrant, see, the Sweetmeat Vendor,
From lands afar, I came.

Come, dear heart, let me offer,
A sweetmeat, unlike any other,
Come, dear heart, let me offer,
A sweetmeat, unlike any other.
Childhood passed, youth swiftly followed,
Yet still, you've tasted none,
Alas, you have tasted none!
The aged may feast,
The aged may feast, and youth reclaim,
Such is the hidden art.
Behold, the Sweetmeat Vendor,
Behold, I say, the Sweetmeat Vendor!
Vibrant, see, the Sweetmeat Vendor,
From lands afar, I came.

Here are pedas, here are barfi,
And the halwa of Banaras’s lore,
Ha, ha, barfi and halwa too!
Here are pedas, here are barfi,
And the halwa of Banaras’s lore,
Taste and see, in moments brief,
The wonders they unfurl!
Ah, the wonders they unfurl!
If coin you lack,
If coin you lack, then pay later,
Taste and see, my friend!
Behold, the Sweetmeat Vendor,
Vibrant, see, the Sweetmeat Vendor,
From lands afar, I came.

Uncle, partake, be nourished,
Of pistachio-kissed, milk-rich rabri,
Ha, ha! Delightful rabri!
Uncle, partake, be nourished,
Of pistachio-kissed, milk-rich rabri,
Your destiny it seems,
That we have graced this town,
Ah, graced this town!
To even the great,
To even the great, these are denied,
The juicy, divine rasgulla!
Behold, the Sweetmeat Vendor,
Behold, I say, the Sweetmeat Vendor!
Vibrant, see, the Sweetmeat Vendor,
From lands afar, I came.