mai bejuban hu panchhi mujhe chhod kar dua le
chhoti si jan meri mujhe gam se tu chhuda le
mai bejuban hu panchhi mujhe chhod kar dua le
chhoti si jan meri mujhe gam se tu chhuda le
mai bejuban hu panchhi
fariyad meri sun le sunta nahi jamana

bali umar me gam ka mai ho gayi nisana
kismat meri kismat meri hai ruthi
tu hi use mana le chhoti si jan meri
mujhe gam se tu chhuda le mai bejuban hu panchhi
aisi kali hu jisne dekhi nahi bahare
dunia ke is chaman me ab hum kise pukare pukare

bhate nahi bhate nahi hai mujhko mahalo ke
ye nazare chhoti si jan meri mujhe gam se tu chhuda le
mai bejuban hu panchhi aankho me nind kaisi raato ko jagti hu
sote hai sari dunia mai to uth ke bhagti hu
bolu to bolu kaise muh par lage hai taale
chhoti si jan meri mujhe gam se
tu chhuda le mai bejuban hu panchhi

A voiceless bird, I am, release me, take my prayer,
My fragile life, from sorrow, please, ensnare.
A voiceless bird, I am, release me, take my prayer,
My fragile life, from sorrow, please, ensnare.
A voiceless bird, I am.

Hear my plea, the world now hears,
In tender years, sorrow’s spear.
My fate, my fate, it has turned away,
Only you can turn it, my life’s fragile stay,
From sorrow, please, ensnare. A voiceless bird, I am.
A bud unblown, the springs unseen,
In this world's garden, to whom now, convene?

The palaces, they do not allure,
My fragile life, from sorrow, please, secure.
A voiceless bird, I am.
In my eyes, sleep flees, nights I keep awake,
The world slumbers, I rise and take,
How can I speak, my lips are sealed with chains,
My fragile life, from sorrow, please, sustain,
A voiceless bird, I am.