khanke to khanke kyon khanke jab rat ko chamake tare
mera kangana hay hayre mera kangana
are samajho to samajho yun samajho ye hamko kare ishare
tera kangana haye hayare tera kangana

kangana thamu payal bole kaun bahane se kaun bahane se
jin ko milana hai yaron se darate nahi zamane se
darate nahi zamane se roke to duniya kya roke
o roke to duniya kya roke jab ham hai pyar ke mare
tera kangana hay hayare tera kangana khanake to khanake

aye javani jab mastani roke laj ke pahare na
roke laj ke pahare na hoi ghunghat ke pat khul khul jaye
sar pe anchal thahare na sar pe anchal thahare na
soche to soche kya soche are soche to soche kya soche
jab nain mile matavare mera kangana haye hayare mera kangana
are samajho to samajho yun samajho ye hamko kare ishare
tera kangana haye hayare tera kangana

pyar hai dhokha jane duniya phir dil dhokha khaye kyon
phir dil dhokha khaye kyon tu hi bata de dekh ke ham ko
nazar teri sharamaye kyon nazar teri sharamaye kyon
sarake to sarake kyon sarake sarake to sarake kyon sarake
anchal tere sar se pyare tera kangana hayere tera kangana
khanke to khanke kyon khanke jab rat ko chamake tare
mera kangana hay hayre mera kangana

Why does it chime, why does it chime, when stars ignite the night?
My bangle, oh, my bangle!
Understand, oh understand, it whispers, hinting at our plight.
Your bangle, oh, your bangle!

I hold my bangle, anklets speak, by what pretext, by what pretext?
Those who yearn to meet, my friends, fear not the world's pretext.
Fear not the world's pretext, if they try to hold us back, what can they say?
If they try to hold us back, when love's arrow pierces me, what can they say?
Your bangle, oh, your bangle, it chimes, it chimes.

Youth's a tempest, wild and free, shame's constraints it will not heed,
Shame's constraints it will not heed, veils of secrecy, they part and bleed,
Veils of secrecy, they part and bleed, on the head, the veil won't stay,
On the head, the veil won't stay, eyes meet, drunk with the spirit’s play,
My bangle, oh, my bangle!
Understand, oh understand, it whispers, hinting at our plight.
Your bangle, oh, your bangle!

Love, they say, is but a trick, why then, does the heart still seek?
Why then, does the heart still seek? You, yourself, tell me, gaze at our look,
Your gaze, why does it shy away, your gaze, why does it shy away?
If it slips, if it slips, why does it slip, if it slips, if it slips?
Veil from your head, my bangle, oh, my bangle!
Understand, oh understand, it whispers, hinting at our plight.
Your bangle, oh, your bangle!