o maina o maina mastani o maina o maina mastani
o pinjare ki rani o pinjare ki rani
teri ek anuthi yahi kahani o pinjare ki rani
teri ek anuthi yahi kahani o maina o maina mastani

babul ko samjhaya babul ko samjhaya
aur pee par joban chaya aur pee par joban chaya
teri thadap rahi hai kaya teri thadap rahi hai kaya
piya ghabraya jiya lalchaya piya tarsaya
piya ghabraya jiya lalchaya piya tu aaya
nadi kinare baithi pyasi bare aankh me pani
nadi kinare baithi pyasi bare aankh me pani
o sun le diwani teri yaad kahe kahani
o sun le diwani teri yaad kahe kahani
o maina o maina mastani

ye najare ye najare ye najare
karte hai mujhko ishare karte hai mujhko ishare
meri fadak rahi hai aankhe meri fadak rahi hai aankhe
meri fadak rahi hai aankhe meri fadak rahi hai aankhe
pal pal bite baras barbar pal pal bite baras barbar
barso ki jindagani barso ki jindagani
o pinjare ki rani teri ek anuthi yahi kahani
o pinjare ki rani teri ek anuthi yahi kahani

O Myna, O Myna, the ecstatic Myna,
O Myna, O Myna, the ecstatic Myna,
O Queen of the Cage, O Queen of the Cage,
Yours is a tale, a unique stage,
Yours is a tale, a unique stage, O Myna, the ecstatic Myna.

Father you counselled, Father you counselled,
And on your beloved, youth now swelled,
Your body yearns, your body yearns,
My beloved startled, heart now burned, my beloved yearned,
My beloved startled, heart now burned, my beloved came,
Beside the river, thirsty you sit, eyes filled with rain,
Beside the river, thirsty you sit, eyes filled with rain,
O hear me, mad one, your memory, the tale sustains,
O hear me, mad one, your memory, the tale sustains,
O Myna, O Myna, the ecstatic Myna.

These glances, these sights, these scenes,
Beckon me with silent means,
My eyes are trembling, my eyes are trembling,
My eyes are trembling, my eyes are trembling,
Each moment passing, years convene,
The lifetime’s season, the lifetime’s season,
O Queen of the Cage, yours is a tale, a unique scene,
O Queen of the Cage, yours is a tale, a unique scene.