kaahe ko byaahi bidesh
kaahe ko byaahi bidesh
babul more kaahe ko byaahi bidesh
kaahe ko byaahi bidesh

baba ji bole chhuti atariya
maayke se jari chhuti dagariya
maayke se jari chhuti dagariya
chhod chali pardesh
chhod chali pardesh
babul more kaahe ko byaahi bidesh
kaahe ko byaahi bidesh

na sang ho koi saheli
bachpan ki sathi sath kheli
bachpan ki sathi sath kheli
jo jaye anjaane desh
jo jaye anjaane desh
babul more kaahe ko byaahi bidesh
kaahe ko byaahi bidesh

? mile doli sajaye
saajn more lene ko aaye
saajn more lene ko aaye
main to chali pardesh
main to chali pardesh
babul more kaahe ko byaahi bidesh
kaahe ko byaahi bidesh

chunti hui main aasha ki kaliya
chhod chali apne maayke ki galiya
chhod chali apne maayke ki galiya
le ke chale hai bidesh balma
le ke chale hai bidesh
le ke chale hai bidesh balma
le ke chale hai bidesh
babul more kaahe ko byaahi bidesh
kaahe ko byaahi bidesh

Why wedded far away?
Why wedded far away?
Father, why did you wed me far away?
Why wedded far away?

Father spoke, the home's roof now gone,
From mother's house, the path withdrawn,
From mother's house, the path withdrawn,
I leave for a foreign land,
I leave for a foreign land.
Father, why did you wed me far away?
Why wedded far away?

No companion to walk beside,
Childhood friend, where we did confide,
Childhood friend, where we did confide,
To a land unknown I stride,
To a land unknown I stride.
Father, why did you wed me far away?
Why wedded far away?

Drawn with a palanquin adorned,
My beloved, to fetch me, now sworn,
My beloved, to fetch me, now sworn,
I journey to a foreign land,
I journey to a foreign land.
Father, why did you wed me far away?
Why wedded far away?

Gathering hopes, like budding bloom,
Leaving behind my childhood room,
Leaving behind my childhood room,
My love takes me to a foreign room,
My love takes me to a foreign room,
My love takes me to a foreign room,
My love takes me to a foreign room.
Father, why did you wed me far away?
Why wedded far away?