duniya se nyaari gori teri sasuraal hai
duniya se nyaari gori teri sasuraal hai
ghar me naa aata hai na ghi hai na daal hai
ghar me naa aata hai na ghi hai na daal hai
duniya se nyaari gori teri sasuraal hai

budhiyaa teri saas rangini pawder roj lagaaye banna
pawder roj lagaaye
sashura tera chhori samajh ke uske paaw dabaaye
dekho kaisa ye kamaal hai
duniya se nyaari gori teri sasuraal hai

ro sinema dekhan jaaye teri badi jethani o chhallo
teri badi jethani
ghar me baitha jeth kare hai bachcho ki nigraani
guiyaa usaka bura haal
duniya se nyaari gori teri sasuraal hai

gali gali fire matakati baanki teri devraani o baanki
baanki teri devraani
aur nautanki me devar naache odh chunariyaa dhani
jisaki thumak thumak chaal
o jiski thumak thumak chaal
o jiski thumak thumak chaal
hai duniya se nyaari gori teri sasuraal hai

champe ka hai phul safera bhola bhala beli
ho gori tu hai jiski chameli
vo hai raaja bhoj to baaki sab hai gangauaa teli
tera saiyaa bemisaal hai
hai duniya se nyaari gori tera sasuraal hai
ghar me naa aata hai na ghi hai na daal hai
duniya se nyaari gori teri sasuraal hai

A world apart, O maiden, your in-laws' home,
A world apart, O maiden, your in-laws' home.
No flour, no ghee, no lentil in that dome,
No flour, no ghee, no lentil in that home.
A world apart, O maiden, your in-laws' home.

Your mother-in-law, a painted bloom each morn,
Powder she applies, each dawn newly born.
Your father-in-law, a servant, foot-worn,
A strange design, a twist, a mourn.
A world apart, O maiden, your in-laws' home.

Your elder sister-in-law, to cinemas she'll roam,
Her days are spent far from her home.
Your husband's brother, the children's keeper at home,
Her plight is deep, her troubles known.
A world apart, O maiden, your in-laws' home.

Your sister-in-law, a dancer in the street,
She struts and sways with dancing feet.
Your brother-in-law, in play, a stage retreat,
In saffron veil, the rhythm sweet,
Whose every move, a rhythmic feat,
Whose every move, a rhythmic feat,
Whose every move, a rhythmic feat.
A world apart, O maiden, your in-laws' home.

The snake charmer, a simple, gentle soul,
You, the jasmine, taking control.
He, a king of old, the rest, a toll,
Your beloved, beyond all goal,
Your husband, beyond all goal.
A world apart, O maiden, your in-laws' home.
No flour, no ghee, no lentil in that bowl.
A world apart, O maiden, your in-laws' home.