o bismil bismil bulbul-e-bismil
are mat mil, mat mil gul se mat mil
o bismil bismil bulbul-e-bismil
are mat mil, mat mil gul se mat mil
bismil bismil bulbul-e-bismil
aye dil-e-bulbul bulbul-e-bismil
mushkil-e-dil bhi mushkil hoti hai
dil dhadke dil dil dhadke toh
are dil dhadke dil dil dhadke toh
dhadkan-e-dil bhi harqat-e-dil hoti hai
khushbuein gul me, ishq bhara hai
mat mil mat mil gul se mat mil aye bulbul-e-bismil
mat mil mat mil gul se mat mil aye bulbul-e-bismil

alvil alvil alvida, dil-vil dil-vil ki adaa
phoonk de ab toh phoonk de, saari raat ye dil jala
alvil alvil alvida, dil-vil dil-vil ki adaa
phoonk de ab toh phoonk de, saari raat ye dil jala
vida kar ishq vida kar, vida kar ishq vida kar
kon jiyega mar-var ke, kinara chhoda tera
kinara chhoda jabse doob gaye hum tartar ke
dil dhadke dil dil dhadke toh
are dil dhadke dil dil dhadke toh
dhadkan-e-dil bhi harqat-e-dil hoti hai
khushbuein gul me, ishq bhara hai
mat mil mat mil gul se mat mil aye bulbul-e-bismil
mat mil mat mil gul se mat mil aye bulbul-e-bismil

bismil, bismil bulbul-e-bismil bismil, bismil
mat mil mat mil gul se mat mil aye bulbul-e-bismil
mat mil mat mil gul se mat mil aye bulbul-e-bismil
mat mil mat mil gul se mat mil aye bulbul-e-bismil
mat mil mat mil gul se mat mil aye bulbul-e-bismil

Wounded, wounded, nightingale of wounds,
Do not meet, do not meet the rose, never meet.
Wounded, wounded, nightingale of wounds,
Oh heart's nightingale, wounded, wounded,
The heart's plight grows harder still,
When the heart beats, the heart beats,
A tremor of the heart becomes the heart's own dance.
In the rose's fragrance, love is imbued,
Do not meet, do not meet the rose, oh wounded nightingale,
Do not meet, do not meet the rose, oh wounded nightingale.

Farewell, farewell, adieu, ways of heart, ways of the heart,
Now, consume, consume, burn this heart all night long.
Farewell, farewell, adieu, ways of heart, ways of the heart,
Now, consume, consume, burn this heart all night long.
Bid farewell to love, bid farewell,
Who will live, after dying, left your shore,
Since leaving the shore, we drowned, soaked through.
When the heart beats, the heart beats,
A tremor of the heart becomes the heart's own dance.
In the rose's fragrance, love is imbued,
Do not meet, do not meet the rose, oh wounded nightingale,
Do not meet, do not meet the rose, oh wounded nightingale.

Wounded, wounded, nightingale of wounds, wounded, wounded,
Do not meet, do not meet the rose, oh wounded nightingale,
Do not meet, do not meet the rose, oh wounded nightingale,
Do not meet, do not meet the rose, oh wounded nightingale,
Do not meet, do not meet the rose, oh wounded nightingale.