koi gori gulab si ladki
muskurayi to bijali si kadki
kaisi surat hai kaisi murat hai
dhadkne banke dil me jo dhadke
koi gori gulab si ladki
muskurayi to bijali si kadki

dilbar mila rang pila huaa
aata garibi me gila huaa
bante hai jokar raja ji hokar
shayad koi pench dhila huaa
dil leke deti hai jhadki
koi gori gulab si ladki
muskurayi to bijali si kadki

dil me machalti si kyo seet hai
kya pyar karne ki ye fees hai
karti hai chori or sina jori
kaisi najar char sau bees hai
jane kya aag badhe
koi gori gulab si ladki
muskurayi to bijali si kadki

yaro ke hath apni har dor hai
dil apna bechara kamjor hai
dil dil tera dil to kaisa katil
dil pe chala kiska kab jor hai
takraye dil aankhe bhadki
koi gori gulab si ladki
muskurayi to bijali si kadki
kaisi surat hai kaisi murat hai
dhadkne banke dil me jo dhadke
koi gori gulab si ladki
muskurayi to bijali si kadki

A maiden, a rose in purest white,
Her smile, a lightning bolt of light.
Such beauty, a crafted dream,
Beating heart, a rhythmic gleam.
A maiden, a rose in purest white,
Her smile, a lightning bolt of light.

My love arrived, the hues took flight,
Poverty’s flour, soaked in plight.
Clowns arise, as kings they feign,
Perhaps a screw, a loosened strain.
She takes your heart, a sudden jerk,
A maiden, a rose, her secrets lurk,
Her smile, a lightning bolt of light.

Why this coldness, this inner sting?
Is this the price for love’s offering?
She steals, she lies, with eyes so sly,
A gaze of two score and twenty, why?
What fire ignites, a burning spark,
A maiden, a rose, within the dark,
Her smile, a lightning bolt of light.

My friends control each string I hold,
My heart, alas, so frail, so cold.
Your heart, your heart, a killer's art,
Who ever tamed a captive heart?
Hearts collide, the eyes ablaze,
A maiden, a rose, in love's maze,
Her smile, a lightning bolt of light.
Such beauty, a crafted dream,
Beating heart, a rhythmic gleam.
A maiden, a rose in purest white,
Her smile, a lightning bolt of light.