juniya o muniya ye kaun aaya
dekho ji dekho ji sher aaya
iski munchh dekho, jaise bigade navab
iski patali kamar, jaise shayar ke haath
iske kaan dekho ki iske naak dekho
ki iski dum dekho, dum dekho dum dekho

are ja ja ja na chhed maan bhi ja
are ja ja ja na chhed maan bhi ja
hame ffir fir na gher maan bhi ja
kahi bigade na sher maan bhi ja
ho kahi bigade na sher maan bhi ja
karo hamse na fer dekh liya
bade aaye dile re dekh liya
ye kagaj ka sher dekh liya
ye kagaj ke sher dekh liya
dekh liya dekh liya
dekh liya ji dekh liya
are ja ja ja na chhed maan bhi ja
hame ffir fir na gher maan bhi ja
kahi bigade na sher maan bhi ja
ho kahi bigade na sher maan bhi ja

are sau sau bhesh badal ke, tum hamko chhalne aaye
kya kya baate banayi, kya kya sapne dikhlaye
are are sau sau bhesh badal ke, tum hamko chhalne aaye
kya kya baate banayi, kya kya sapne dikhlaye
kispe bhala ye jadu chala wo rah gaye
wo rah gaye jaal bichhaye
are ja ja ja na chhed maan bhi ja
hame ffir fir na gher maan bhi ja
kahi bigade na sher maan bhi ja
ho kahi bigade na sher maan bhi ja

agu bai agu bai
are ham to ramte jogi, chal denge desh paraye
jab ud jayega panchhi, tab kya hoga pachhtaye
are ham to ramte jogi, chal denge desh paraye
jab ud jayega panchhi, tab kya hoga pachhtaye
chhodo ye khel kar lo ji mel kahi mausam
kahi mausam na chala jaaye
karo hamse na fer dekh liya
bade aaye diler dekh liya
ye kagaj ka sher dekh liya
ye kagaj ke sher dekh liya
dekh liya dekh liya
dekh liya ji dekh liya

gar sachche ho dilwale, to baat hamari mano
ye nakli bhesh utar, aur hamse bair na thano
rae baah baah ka baat kar diya
gar sachche ho dilwale, to baat hamari mano
ye nakli bhesh utar, aur hamse bair na thano
kaisi bhali ye man ki gali rae ab to
are ab to hame pahchano
are ja ja ja na chhed maan bhi ja
hame ffir fir na gher maan bhi ja
kahi bigade na sher maan bhi ja
ho kahi bigade na sher maan bhi ja
agu bai agu bai ho
agu bai agu bai ho

Junia, Munia, who comes this way?
Look, oh look, a paper lion astray!
See its mustache, a Nawab's harsh decree,
Its slender waist, a poet's memory.
Behold its ears, or its proud, upturned nose,
Or gaze upon the tail, as the wind blows.

Go, begone, cease to taunt, and concede,
Do not circle near, plant no seed.
Lest the lion awakens, and rage does breed,
Lest the lion awakens, and plants its seed.
Do not turn from us, we've seen through your guise,
You bold pretenders, we see through your lies.
This paper lion, we've seen it with our eyes,
We've seen it, we've seen it, no more surprise.
Go, begone, cease to taunt, and concede,
Do not circle near, plant no seed.
Lest the lion awakens, and rage does breed,
Lest the lion awakens, and plants its seed.

With a hundred masks, you came to deceive,
With stories spun, and dreams you weave.
With a hundred masks, you came to deceive,
With stories spun, and dreams you weave.
Who fell beneath this trickery, to believe?
Lost in the snare, they cannot retrieve.
Go, begone, cease to taunt, and concede,
Do not circle near, plant no seed.
Lest the lion awakens, and rage does breed,
Lest the lion awakens, and plants its seed.

Aghu Bai, Aghu Bai!
We are wandering yogis, to foreign lands we roam,
When the bird takes flight, what then of home?
We are wandering yogis, to foreign lands we roam,
When the bird takes flight, what then of home?
Leave this game, embrace the sun, the season's bloom,
Lest the season fades, and your heart consumes.
Do not turn from us, we've seen through your guise,
You bold pretenders, we see through your lies.
This paper lion, we've seen it with our eyes,
We've seen it, we've seen it, no more surprise.
We've seen it, oh we've seen it!

If you are true of heart, heed our plea,
Cast off this false facade, and set us free.
You've made a show, a grand display,
If you are true of heart, heed our plea,
Cast off this false facade, and set us free.
What a blessed lane the heart can hold,
Now, at last, know us as we are, behold.
Go, begone, cease to taunt, and concede,
Do not circle near, plant no seed.
Lest the lion awakens, and rage does breed,
Lest the lion awakens, and plants its seed.
Aghu Bai, Aghu Bai, oh!