o lakhkhi babul mere kahe ko dinhi videsh
o lakhkhi babul mere kahe ko dinhi videsh
bhai ko dinho mahal dumalo
mohe diyo pardesh o lakhkhi babul mere
kahe ko dinhi videsh o lakhkhi babul mere
kahe ko dinhi videsh beti to babul ek chideiya
beti to babul ek chideiya
jo raina base udd jaye o lakhkhi babul mere
kahe ko dinhi videsh lakhkhi babul mere
kahe ko dinhi videsh

Oh, my fortunate father, why did you send me to a foreign land?
Oh, my fortunate father, why did you send me to a foreign land?
To my brother, you gave mansions, palaces of stone,
To me, you gave exile, a wandering, unknown.
Oh, my fortunate father, why did you send me abroad?
Oh, my fortunate father, why did you send me abroad?
A daughter, my father, is but a fleeting bird,
A daughter, my father, is but a fleeting bird,
That nests for a night, then takes to the cord of the sky.
Oh, my fortunate father, why did you send me abroad?
Oh, my fortunate father, why did you send me abroad?