jay ho raadheshyaam ki, jay ho siyaraam ki
aur jay ho bambaidhaam ki

e hai e hai e hai bambai nagariya tu dekh babua
e hai bambai nagariya tu dekh babua
sone-chandi ki dagariya tu dekh babua
jaadu-tone ki bajariyaa me
jaadu-tone ki bajariyaa me, maaya ki nagariya me
badle, jhatpat badle muqaddar ka lekh babua
e hai bambai nagariya tu dekh babua
e hai bambai nagariya tu dekh babua

o dekho dur-dur se, o dekho dur-dur se
log dur-dur se
ihaan aate hai daanv lagaane
ihaan aate hai daanv lagaane
des-gaanv chhod ke prit-pyaar tod ke
soyaa-soyaa nasiba jagaane
soyaa-soyaa nasiba jagaane
are apna kyaa hoga
are apna kyaa hoga, hoga so hoga
paasa humane diyaa hai phek babua
e hai bambai nagariya tu dekh babua
e hai bambai nagariya tu dekh babua

o koi maalamaal hai
o koi maalamaal hai, koi tanghaal hai
zindagi hai ihaan ki niraali
zindagi hai ihaan ki niraali
maal kitna bharaa phir bhi dekho zaraa
ihaan har aadmi hai savaali
ihaan har aadmi hai savaali
bigdi banaa le are bigdi banaa le
tu cash karva le apne muqaddar ka cheque babua
e hai bambai nagariya tu dekh babua
e hai bambai nagariya tu dekh babua

ye shaharo me shahar hai shahar bambaiva
are vaah-vaah bambaiva
yaha baat sabhi ulti phir bhi
vaah re vaah re bambaiya
bin paani kaa dhobi talaab dekho, dekho
ihaan reti pe paani kaa bhaav dekho, dekho
ghodo pe karodo kaa daanv dekho
hasino se sabhi kaa lagaav dekho
koi bandar nahi hai phir bhi naam baandra
church kaa gate hai, church hai laapata
church hai laapata, church hai laapata
ajab hai ye rang anokha hai dhang
nai hai tarag nai hai umang
koi kajus hai koi hai malang
machi hai yaha dekho aapas me jung aahaa
aapas me jung, aapas me jung
de ghumaa ke
are samandar me jaise hai ghul gai bhang
ye ragn dekh ke mai ho gayaa dang
to kyaa samajhe
e hai bambai nagariya tu dekh babua
e hai bambai nagariya tu dekh babua

Hail to Radheshyam, hail to Siyaram,
and hail to Bombay's sacred ground.

Behold, O brother, see this city, Bombay!
Behold, O brother, see this city, Bombay!
Streets of gold and silver, behold, O brother,
In the bazaar of spells and magic,
in the city of illusion,
fate shifts, turns in an instant, O brother!
Behold, O brother, see this city, Bombay!
Behold, O brother, see this city, Bombay!

From afar they come, from every distant shore,
they come, from every distant shore,
to cast their lot here,
to cast their lot here,
leaving homeland, severing love's tie,
to awaken sleeping fortune,
to awaken sleeping fortune.
What will become of us,
what will become of us, let it be!
The dice we have cast, O brother!
Behold, O brother, see this city, Bombay!
Behold, O brother, see this city, Bombay!

Some are wealthy,
some are destitute,
life here is unique,
life here is unique.
Though fortunes abound, yet see,
each person here is a beggar,
each person here is a beggar.
mend what's broken, oh mend what's broken,
cash in your fate's check, O brother!
Behold, O brother, see this city, Bombay!
Behold, O brother, see this city, Bombay!

This city of cities, this Bombay!
Oh, how marvelous, Bombay!
Here, everything is upside down, yet,
oh, how marvelous, Bombay!
A washerman's pond without water, look, behold!
Here, on the sands, the price of water, look, behold!
On horses, fortunes are bet, look, behold!
All are drawn to beauties, look, behold!
No monkeys here, yet the name Bandra,
Church Gate is there, yet the Church is lost,
the Church is lost, the Church is lost.
Strange is the hue, unique the style,
new the wave, new the surge.
Some are miserly, some are carefree,
a battle rages here, ah ha!
a battle rages, a battle rages,
give it a spin!
As if bhang has dissolved in the ocean,
seeing these colors, I am stunned!
So, what do you understand?
Behold, O brother, see this city, Bombay!
Behold, O brother, see this city, Bombay!