kab aaoge, kab aaoge
kab aaoge, baalma
baras baras badli bhi bikhar gayi
ab kab aaoge, baalma
ab kab aaoge, baalma

pashchim se purab aake megh gaye jhum ke
tum nahi aaye papi pardesh ghum ke
megh gaye jhum ke
taras taras ankhiya bhi nikhar gayi
taras taras ankhiya bhi nikhar gayi
ab kab aaoge, baalma
ab kab aaoge, baalma

tum ko bedard baalam mujh se ji churana hai
meri umange nayi, dard purana hai
mujh se bhi purana hai
ubhar ubhar mehndi bhi utar gayi
ubhar ubhar mehndi bhi utar gayi
ab kab aaoge, baalma
ab kab aaoge, baalma
baras baras badli bhi bikhar gayi

When will you return, when will you come?
When will you come, my love?
Year after year, the clouds have dispersed,
Now when will you come, my love?
Now when will you come, my love?

From west to east, the clouds have danced and swayed,
But you, my love, in foreign lands have strayed.
The clouds have danced and swayed.
Yearning, yearning, my eyes have lost their sheen,
Yearning, yearning, my eyes have lost their sheen,
Now when will you come, my love?
Now when will you come, my love?

You, my heartless love, seek to hide from me,
My hopes are new, but pain is history,
Older than me.
The henna blooms, then fades away in time,
The henna blooms, then fades away in time,
Now when will you come, my love?
Now when will you come, my love?
Year after year, the clouds have dispersed.