main pardesi sidha saada
kuch ban ne ka leke irada
chhuk chhuk se mai bambai aaya
dekh ke dariya dil lalchaya
are maine socha pyas bujhegi
ye na samjha aag lagegi
dekho haal hamara are mara mujhko maar daala
bambai ke pani ne bambai ke pani ne
bambai ke pani ne bhai bambai ke pani ne
main pardesi sidha saada
kuch ban ne ka leke irada
chhuk chhukse mai bambai aaya
dekh ke dariya dil lalchaya
are maine socha pyas bujhegi
ye na samjha aag lagegi
dekho haal hamara are mara mujhko maar daala
bambai ke pani ne bambai ke pani ne
bambai ke pani ne bhai bambai ke pani ne

pani me kaisi milavat ki
ek naar ne tikhi dhar ya talwar ne
pani me kaisi milavat ki
ek naar ne tikhi dhar ya talwar ne
jaha gav ka pyara panghat suraj chamke
ghunght ghunght
or kaha ye rota sanam chhod ke jo aaya
ganga jal sagar mila bhi to khara
are mara mujhko maar daala
bambai ke pani ne bambai ke pani ne
bambai ke pani ne bhai bambai ke pani ne
mai pardesi sidha saada
kuch ban ne ka leke irada
chhuk chhukse mai bambai aaya
dekh ke dariya dil lalchaya
are maine socha pyas bujhegi
ye na samjha aag lagegi
dekho haal hamara are mara mujhko maar daala
bambai ke pani ne bambai ke pani ne
bambai ke pani ne bhai bambai ke pani ne

unche se unche mahaal hai magar
dil sang hai bade sang hai kya rang hai
unche se unche mahaal hai magar
dil sang hai bade sang hai kya rang hai
ban ne chaala mai to tata
pada jo sar mere pe bata
bhul gaya mai sair sapata
jaha gaya ghaata hi ghaata
mushkil yaha pe gujara
are mara mujhko maar daala
bambai ke pani ne bambai ke pani ne
bambai ke pani ne bhai bambai ke pani ne
mai pardesi sidha saada
kuch ban ne ka leke irada
chhuk chhukse mai bambai aaya
dekh ke dariya dil lalchaya
are maine socha pyas bujhegi
ye na samjha aag lagegi
dekho haal hamara are mara mujhko maar daala
bambai ke pani ne bambai ke pani ne
bambai ke pani ne bhai bambai ke pani ne

A stranger, naive and true,
With dreams of becoming, I flew.
By chugging train to Bombay's shore,
A sea of promise, I did implore.
I thought to quench my thirst so deep,
Not knowing fire, my soul would weep.
Behold my fate, alas, I'm slain,
By Bombay's waters, a salty rain.
By Bombay's waters, oh, woe is me,
By Bombay's waters, eternally.
A stranger, naive and true,
With dreams of becoming, I flew.
By chugging train to Bombay's shore,
A sea of promise, I did implore.
I thought to quench my thirst so deep,
Not knowing fire, my soul would weep.
Behold my fate, alas, I'm slain,
By Bombay's waters, a salty rain.
By Bombay's waters, oh, woe is me,
By Bombay's waters, eternally.

What poison flows within the tide?
A woman's blade, where dreams collide?
What poison flows within the tide?
A woman's blade, where dreams collide?
Where village wells, the sun did grace,
And veils hid beauty, time and space.
And where I left a weeping heart,
The Ganges met, yet broke apart.
Behold my fate, alas, I'm slain,
By Bombay's waters, a salty rain.
By Bombay's waters, oh, woe is me,
By Bombay's waters, eternally.
A stranger, naive and true,
With dreams of becoming, I flew.
By chugging train to Bombay's shore,
A sea of promise, I did implore.
I thought to quench my thirst so deep,
Not knowing fire, my soul would weep.
Behold my fate, alas, I'm slain,
By Bombay's waters, a salty rain.
By Bombay's waters, oh, woe is me,
By Bombay's waters, eternally.

Lofty towers pierce the sky,
But hearts are stone, where colors die.
Lofty towers pierce the sky,
But hearts are stone, where colors die.
I came to be a titan bold,
But burdens heavy, my story told.
I forgot my carefree stride,
Where loss was all, and dreams have died.
Here, life's a struggle, hard to bear,
Behold my fate, alas, I'm slain,
By Bombay's waters, a salty rain.
By Bombay's waters, oh, woe is me,
By Bombay's waters, eternally.
A stranger, naive and true,
With dreams of becoming, I flew.
By chugging train to Bombay's shore,
A sea of promise, I did implore.
I thought to quench my thirst so deep,
Not knowing fire, my soul would weep.
Behold my fate, alas, I'm slain,
By Bombay's waters, a salty rain.
By Bombay's waters, oh, woe is me,
By Bombay's waters, eternally.