dukhiya din bhikharani pagali samjha kon
hal mera jane vohi jo koi mujh sa hoye
ho ho oo nirmohi bansivale, nirmohi bansivale
bansuriya tujh ko pukarti hai
nirmohi bansivale, o nirmohi bansivale

jo mai aisa janti ke prit kiye dukh hoye
ngar dhindhora pitati prit na kariyo koi
ho oo ho nirmohi bansivale, nirmohi bansivale
bansuriya tujh ko pukarti hai
nirmohi bansivale, o nirmohi bansivale

prit kiye kya sukh mila pardeshi ke sang
deepak hansta hi raha jal jal mara ptang
ho ho oo nirmohi bansivale, nirmohi bansivale

A beggar's day, a madwoman's plight, who understands?
Only one who's known my sorrow, can truly comprehend.
Ho ho, oh heartless flute-player, heartless flute-player,
My flute still calls to you,
Heartless flute-player, oh heartless flute-player.

If I had known love's sorrow, a herald I would be,
Through every town proclaiming, "Let no heart love freely."
Ho ho, oh heartless flute-player, heartless flute-player,
My flute still calls to you,
Heartless flute-player, oh heartless flute-player.

What joy in love's embrace, with a stranger's fleeting art?
The lamp laughed on, then perished, consumed by the moth's heart.
Ho ho, oh heartless flute-player, heartless flute-player,