ho rama ho, ho rama ho
hum to chale pardes
hum pardesi ho gaye
hum to chale pardes
hum pardesi ho gaye
chhuta apna desh
hum pardesi ho gaye
hum to chale pardes, hum pardesi ho gaye
chhuta apna desh, hum pardesi ho gaye

ye galiya path panghat ye mandir
barso purana, barso purana
ye galiya path panghat ye mandir
barso purana
kal tak ye sab apna tha
ab lagta hai begana
badla jag ne bhesh
badla jag ne bhesh
hum pardesi ho gaye
chhuta apna desh
hum pardesi ho gaye

aye panchee
aye panchee hum kismat ke maro ko
bhool na jana, bhool na jana
aate jate kher khabar
sab logo ki de jana
le jana sandesh, le jana sandesh
hum pardesi ho gaye
chhuta apna desh
hum pardesi ho gaye
ho rama ho, ho rama ho, rama ho
rama ho, rama ho, rama ho

O Rama, O Rama, a call unheard,

To foreign shores, our spirits steered.
We are strangers now, adrift and lost,
To foreign shores, a heavy cost.
Our homeland fades, a distant gleam,
We are strangers now, a fading dream.
To foreign shores, we slowly go,
Our homeland gone, our hearts aglow
With a stranger's fire.

These lanes, these paths, the water's grace,
Old temples stand, time cannot erase,
These lanes, these paths, and sacred ground,
For ages past, their echoes sound.
Once ours alone, a cherished hold,
Now alien, a story told.
The world's façade, a shifting guise,
The world's façade, before our eyes.
Our souls estranged, our hearts forlorn,
Our homeland lost, a new life born.

O bird of flight, so swift and free,
To the lost souls, remember we.
Do not forget us, far away,
Remember us, day by day.
Carry tidings, on your wing,
Carry tidings, the songs we sing.
Bear our message, across the blue,
Bear our message, to those we knew.
Our souls estranged, our hopes in flight,
Our homeland lost, and endless night.

O Rama, O Rama, a final plea,
O Rama, O Rama, eternally.