mere nayan pakhi bechare
mere nayan pakhi bechare mere naina bechare
tere liye chhatpat chhatpat
din raina ye akulaye na ud paye
nayan pakhi bechare mere naina bechare
tere liye chhatpat chhatpat
din raina ye akulaye na ud paye
nayan pakhi bechare

nain sakha re teri ek jhalki ko tarse re
yaad me teri sawan nit bhado barse re
aaja ke ab bin tere raha nahi jaye
aaja ke ab aaye na ye chain karaar
tere liye chhatpat chhatpat
din raina ye akulaye na ud paye
nayan pakhi bechare mere naina bechare
tere liye chhatpat chhatpat
din raina ye akulaye na ud paye
nayan pakhi bechare

aaha re in ankhiyo se tha tumko pyar
aaha re dekhe the inme tune dono sansar
ye sone ke jaise ujle se deep
moti bikhar jaye jaise rah jaye seep
tere liye chhatpat chhatpat
din raina ye akulaye na ud paye
nayan pakhi bechare mere naina bechare
tere liye chhatpat chhatpat
din raina ye akulaye na ud paye
nayan pakhi bechare
tere liye chhatpat chhatpat
din raina ye akulaye na ud paye
nayan pakhi bechare mere naina bechare
tere liye chhatpat chhatpat
din raina ye akulaye na ud paye
nayan pakhi bechare mere nayan pakhi bechare

My eyes, poor captive birds,
My eyes, my eyes, so forlorn,
For you, they flutter, they yearn,
Through day and night, they are tossed, they cannot soar.
My eyes, poor captive birds,
My eyes, my eyes, so forlorn,
For you, they flutter, they yearn,
Through day and night, they are tossed, they cannot soar.
Poor captive birds, my eyes.

Friend of my eyes, for a glimpse of you, they thirst,
In memory of you, always the rains, always the floods burst.
Come now, for without you, I cannot remain,
Come now, for peace and rest will not return.
For you, they flutter, they yearn,
Through day and night, they are tossed, they cannot soar.
Poor captive birds, my eyes, my eyes so forlorn,
For you, they flutter, they yearn,
Through day and night, they are tossed, they cannot soar.
Poor captive birds, my eyes.

Ah, from these eyes, you held all love,
Ah, in them, you saw both worlds above.
Like golden lamps, so bright,
Like pearls scattered, leaving behind only the shell.
For you, they flutter, they yearn,
Through day and night, they are tossed, they cannot soar.
Poor captive birds, my eyes, my eyes so forlorn,
For you, they flutter, they yearn,
Through day and night, they are tossed, they cannot soar.
Poor captive birds.
For you, they flutter, they yearn,
Through day and night, they are tossed, they cannot soar.
Poor captive birds, my eyes, my eyes so forlorn,
For you, they flutter, they yearn,
Through day and night, they are tossed, they cannot soar.
Poor captive birds, my eyes, poor captive birds.