mere ghunghru mujhe de do mujhe kya or karna hai
mere ghunghru mujhe de do mujhe kya or karna hai
isi kothe pe jina hai isi kothe pe jina hai
isi kothe pe marna hai
mere ghunghru mujhe de do mujhe kya or karna hai
isi kothe pe jina hai isi kothe pe marna hai
mere ghunghru mujhe de do

jo mere dil me rahta tha mujhe wo shaksh kahta tha
mujhe tujhse mohabbat hai tere kadmo me jannat hai
tujhe dulhan banaunga mai tere ghar basaunga
agar abad ho jati agar abad ho jati
to mai barbad ho jati, mere bigde mukaddar ka
mere bigde mukaddar ka bada muskil sawarna hai
isi kothe pe jina hai isi kothe pe jina hai
isi kothe pe marna hai, mere ghunghru mujhe de do

abhi meri jawani hai sabhi ki meharbani hai
shama ke lakh parwane magar ek din ye diwane
mere jalwo ke bujhne par meri mayyat ke uthne par
kahenge sare logo se kahenge sare logo se
idhar se koi na gujre idhar se koi na gujre
idhar se ek tawayf ke janaje ko gujarna hai
isi kothe pe jina hai isi kothe pe jina hai
isi kothe pe marna hai, mere ghunghru mujhe de do
mujhe kya or karna hai, mere ghunghru mujhe de do

Give me back my anklets, what else is there to do?
Give me back my anklets, what else is there to do?
On this very stage, I must live, on this very stage, I must live,
On this very stage, I must die.
Give me back my anklets, what else is there to do?
On this very stage, I must live, on this very stage, I must die.
Give me back my anklets.

He who dwelt within my heart, that man did say,
"I love you, paradise resides within your feet."
"I'll make you my bride, build you a home," he'd claim.
Had I found solace, had I known such grace,
I would have been destroyed, a life in ruins,
My broken fate, how hard it is to mend.
On this very stage, I must live, on this very stage, I must live,
On this very stage, I must die. Give me back my anklets.

Now, my youth still blooms, favors yet abound,
A thousand moths around the flickering light,
But when my radiance fades, when I am carried hence,
They will tell all those who gather, they will say:
"Let no one pass this way, let no one pass this way,
For here a courtesan's funeral procession must pass."
On this very stage, I must live, on this very stage, I must live,
On this very stage, I must die. Give me back my anklets.
What else is there to do? Give me back my anklets.