o mahlo me rahne wale balma balma
o mahlo me rahne wale balma balma
tan ke ujale man kaale
tan ke ujale man kale balma balma
tum kya jano tum kya jano samjho
ham dukhiyo ki bate
din hai tumhare lahne ke
aur sone ki hai raate
ham andhiyare tum ujiyale
ham andhiyare tum ujiyale balma balma
o mahlo me rahne wale balma balma
tan ke ujale man kaale

prit me kimat kya mahlo ki
sauda nahi ye dhan ka
ek hai raja aur bikhari
sauda hai ye man ka
o matwale naino wale
o matwale naino wale jalima jalima
o mahlo me rahne wale balma balma
o matwale naino wale jalima jalima

Oh, you who dwell in gilded halls, my love, my love,
You who dwell in gilded halls, my love, my love,
Your skin, so fair, a shadowed heart it seems,
Your skin, so fair, a shadowed heart it seems, my love, my love.
What know you of the sorrow deep we keep?
What know you of the sorrow deep we keep?
For you, the sunlit hours, a golden sleep,
While we embrace the dark where shadows creep.
You, light; we, darkness, in this world apart,
You, light; we, darkness, in this world apart, my love, my love.
Oh, you who dwell in gilded halls, my love, my love,
Your skin, so fair, a shadowed heart it seems.

What worth have palaces in love's domain?
What worth have palaces in love's domain?
It is not gold, this binding of the vein,
A beggar's heart can feel a king's sweet pain.
A king's sweet pain.
Oh, you with eyes that dance, my cruel one, cruel one,
Oh, you with eyes that dance, my cruel one, cruel one,
Oh, you who dwell in gilded halls, my love, my love,
Oh, you with eyes that dance, my cruel one, cruel one.