o paakhi paakhi paradesi

ae ajanabi tu bhi kabhi aavaaz de kahi se
main yahaan tukado me ji rahaa hun
tu kahi tukado me ji rahi hai
ae ajanabi tu bhi kabhi

roz roz resham si havaa, aate jaate kahati hai
bataa resham si havaa kahati hai bataa
vo jo dudh dhuli, maasum kali
vo hai kahaan kahaan hai vo roshani, kahaan hai
vo jaan si kahaan hai
main adhuraa, tu adhuri ji rahi hai
ae ajanabi tu bhi kabhi

o paakhi paakhi paradesi

tu to nahi hai lekin, teri muskuraahat hai
cheharaa kahi nahi hai par, teri aahat hai
tu hai kahaan kahaan hai, teraa nishaan kahaan hai
meraa jahaan kahaan hai
main adhuraa, tu adhuri ji rahi hai
ae ajanabi tu bhi kabhi

Oh, wandering bird, stranger, far away,
Could your voice call to me from some hidden bay?
I live in fragments, shattered and torn,
And you, my stranger, in pieces are born.
Oh, stranger, call to me from somewhere unknown.

Each day, the silk-spun breeze whispers low,
Whispers, breathes secrets I long to know:
Where is that bud, so innocent and pure,
Washed in moonlight, forever to endure?
Where is that light, that life, that essence true?
I am incomplete, and so are you.
Oh, stranger, call to me, can you hear me too?

Oh, wandering bird, stranger, from distant lands,
Though you are absent, your smile softly expands.
Your face unseen, yet echoes of you remain,
A presence sensed, a lingering pain.
Where are you, stranger? Where is your trace?
Where is my world, my sacred space?
I am incomplete, and so are you.
Oh, stranger, call to me, and make me whole anew.