yaha bhi to nahi hai
waha bhi to nahi hai
na jane kaha mera bachapan kho gaya
yaha bhi to nahi hai
waha bhi to nahi hai
na jane kaha mera bachapan kho gaya

aayi bahar ki ye rut kaisi aayi
maali bhi kahane laga kali ko parayi
aayi bahar ki ye rut kaisi aayi
maali bhi kahane laga kali ko parayi
apne bhulane lage ankhiya churane lage
haye ye kaisa gajab ho gaya
yaha bhi to nahi hai
waha bhi to nahi hai
na jane kaha mera bachapan kho gaya
yaha bhi to nahi hai
waha bhi to nahi hai
na jane kaha mera bachapan kho gaya

tane to degi mujhe desh ki hawaye
amiya ki chhav me jo jhule na jhulaye
tane to degi mujhe desh ki hawaye
amiya ki chhav me jo jhule na jhulaye
sath hamare jhuli aur humi ko bhuli
aisa bhi kya gajab ho gaya
yaha bhi to nahi hai
waha bhi to nahi hai
na jane kaha mera bachapan kho gaya
yaha bhi to nahi hai
waha bhi to nahi hai
na jane kaha mera bachapan kho gaya

jata na bachapan na baat aisi hoti
baithi akeli meri gudiya na roti
jata na bachapan na baat aisi hoti
baithi akeli meri gudiya na roti
mera bhi jiya jale jor na koi chale
haye kaisa ajab ho gaya
yaha bhi to nahi hai
waha bhi to nahi hai
na jane kaha mera bachapan kho gaya
yaha bhi to nahi hai
waha bhi to nahi hai
na jane kaha mera bachapan kho gaya

Not here, it's not here,
Nor there can it be found.
Where did my childhood disappear?
Not here, it's not here,
Nor there can it be found.
Where did my childhood disappear?

This spring's arrival, a haunting decree,
The gardener claims the buds now foreign to me.
This spring's arrival, a haunting decree,
The gardener claims the buds now foreign to me.
Those once close, now they cast their eyes away,
What cruel twist of fate has come to play?
Not here, it's not here,
Nor there can it be found.
Where did my childhood disappear?
Not here, it's not here,
Nor there can it be found.
Where did my childhood disappear?

The winds of the land will whisper their scorn,
For swings in the mango's shade, I've forlorn.
The winds of the land will whisper their scorn,
For swings in the mango's shade, I've forlorn.
She swung beside me, then forgot my name,
What strangeness has this world become?
Not here, it's not here,
Nor there can it be found.
Where did my childhood disappear?
Not here, it's not here,
Nor there can it be found.
Where did my childhood disappear?

If childhood lingered, this would not be,
My doll would not sit and weep alone, you see.
If childhood lingered, this would not be,
My doll would not sit and weep alone, you see.
My heart it burns, but I’m powerless to see,
What a strange turn of fate has come to be?
Not here, it's not here,
Nor there can it be found.
Where did my childhood disappear?
Not here, it's not here,
Nor there can it be found.
Where did my childhood disappear?