kash mai koi panchi hota ya hota banjara
basti basti parvat parvat phirta main awara
kash mai koi panchi hota ya hota banjara
basti basti parvat parvat phirta main awara
kash mai koi panchi hota

mast hawa ka jhoola jhulu
ud ke nil gagan ko chu loon
ho mast hawa ka jhoola jhulu
ud ke nil gagan ko chu loon
mai hi ik dharti ka kaidi
is sach ko mai kaise bhulun
kash mai koi badal hota ya akash ka tara
basti basti parvat parvat phirta main awara
kash mai koi panchi hota ho ho

barso se bechain bada hu
raste me mai pathar sa pada hu
barso se bechain bada hu
raste me mai pathar sa pada hu
yaad nahi main jaane kab se
ek jagah par yahi khada hu
kash mai koi majhi hota ya nadiya ka dhara
basti basti parvat parvat phirta main awara
kash mai koi panchi hota ho ho

If only I were a bird, a wanderer unbound,
Through towns and mountains, my freedom I'd have found.
If only I were a bird, a wanderer unbound,
Through towns and mountains, my freedom I'd have found.
If only I were a bird, ho ho...

Swinging on the wind's embrace,
Reaching for the sky's blue space.
Ho, swinging on the wind's embrace,
Reaching for the sky's blue space.
A prisoner I am, of this earthly ground,
How can I forget the truth I've found?
If only I were a cloud, a star in the night,
Through towns and mountains, soaring in flight.
If only I were a bird, ho ho...

Restless for years, my spirit aches,
A stone upon the path, my heart breaks.
Ho, restless for years, my spirit aches,
A stone upon the path, my heart breaks.
I can't recall when I came to be,
Standing here, eternally.
If only I were a boatman, or the river's flow,
Through towns and mountains, I'd ebb and I'd go.
If only I were a bird, ho ho...