o ban ke aazad panchhi
bhul ja bhul ja
o ban ke aazad panchhi
madhuban me chahakna bhul ja
madhuban me chahakna bhul ja
bhul ja

kaun kasak jane tere man ki
peer kise bandi jiwan ki
pinjre me tu rahne par bhi
pinjre me tu rahne par bhi
pankho ka fadakna bhul ja
pankho ka fadakna bhul ja
bhul ja
o ban ke aazad panchhi

phul pat ke rang bhul ja
khil uthne ke dhag bhul ja
lata kunj ki yad bhul kar
lata kunj ki yad bhul kar
dali pe fudakna bhul ja
dali pe fudakna bhul ja bhul ja
o ban ke aazad panchhi

band hua hai tu pinjre me
tadpa kar ab dil hi dil me
chahe jitna dard uthe
chahe jitna dard uthe
peeda se sisakna bhul ja
peeda se sisakna bhul ja
bhul ja
o ban ke aazad panchhi

O, become a free bird,
Forget, forget.
O, become a free bird,
Forget to sing in the honeyed grove,
Forget to sing in the honeyed grove,
Forget.

Who knows the ache within your heart?
The pain of a life confined, apart?
Though you dwell within a cage,
Though you dwell within a cage,
Forget the flutter of your wings,
Forget the flutter of your wings,
Forget.
O, become a free bird.

Forget the hues of flower and leaf,
Forget the manner of joyous relief.
Forsake the memory of the vine,
Forsake the memory of the vine,
Forget to tremble on the bough,
Forget to tremble on the bough, forget.
O, become a free bird.

You are trapped within a cage,
Tormenting your heart in a silent rage.
No matter how much pain arises,
No matter how much pain arises,
Forget to weep with suffering's sighs,
Forget to weep with suffering's sighs,
Forget.
O, become a free bird.