kya hoti hai o kya hoti hai uchi jaat
log bade aur o log bade aur choti baat
log bade aur o log bade aur choti baat
kya hoti hai o kya hoti hai uchi jaat
log bade aur o log bade aur choti baat
log bade aur o log bade aur choti baat
oh log bade aur log bade aur choti baat

har cheej hai tumko nasib har cheej hai tumko nasib
fir bhi tum ho kitne garib kitne garib kitne gareeb
oh humse mango kuch khairat
log bade aur choti baat log bade aur choti baat
kya hoti hai uchi jat log bade aur choti baat
pyar ko tum kya pahchano dil hai kya tum kya jano
pyar ko tum kya pahchano dil hai kya tum kya jano
kya jano, tum kya jano tum kya samjho ye jajbat
log bade aur choti baat log bade aur choti baat
kya hoti hai uchi jat log bade aur choti baat

kyo itne magrur ho tum kyo itne magrur ho tum
uff kitne majbur ho tum majbur ho tum, majbur ho tum
tum ruthe ho, tum ruthe ho, apne sath
log bade aur choti baat log bade aur choti baat
kya hoti hai uchi jat log bade aur choti baat
is duniya ko kuch de ker is duniya ko kuch de ker
hum jayenge kuch lekar hum jayenge kuch lekar
tum jaoge, oh tum jaoge khali hath
log bade aur choti baat log bade aur choti baat
kya hoti hai kya hoti hai uchi jat log bade aur choti baat
log bade aur choti baat log bade aur choti baat
log bade aur choti baat

What is this, this lofty caste?
They are great, yet speak in small cast,
They are great, yet speak in small cast,
What is this, this lofty caste?
They are great, yet speak in small cast,
They are great, yet speak in small cast,
Oh, they are great, and great, and small cast.

All things are yours, a destined share,
Yet how impoverished you appear,
How impoverished, so bare, so bare.
Beg from us, for alms you crave,
They are great, and small the cast,
What is this lofty caste, small cast?
Love, you know not, the heart's true measure,
Love, you know not, the heart's true measure,
What know you, you know not, these emotions' pleas,
They are great, and small the cast,
What is this lofty caste, small cast?

Why so proud, so arrogant and grand?
Alas, how bound, in shackles planned,
Bound are you, bound, in this cruel land.
You are estranged, you are estranged, from your own hand,
They are great, and small the cast,
What is this lofty caste, small cast?
To this world, offering gifts,
To this world, offering gifts,
We depart, with treasures, gifts,
You depart, oh you depart, with empty hands,
They are great, and small the cast,
What is this, this lofty caste, small cast?
They are great, and small the cast,
They are great, and small the cast,
They are great, and small the cast.