o re paakhi, o re paakhi kaisa ye tera fasaana
dhunde hai kyu daari daari, har pal ik naya thikaana
o re paakhi, o re paakhi kis desh tujhe hai jaana
o re paakhi achcha nahi yun dard ko aajmaana
o re paakhi, o re paakhi kaisa yeh tera fasaana
dhundein hai kyun daari daari har pal ik naya thikaana
iss deewaane dil ne bhi, julm yeh kya gajab kiya
beintaha tha jinse pyaar, beintaha unhe ghum diya
kaisa tha dil ka nazraana, o re paakhi, o re paakhi

o re paakhi, o re paakhi kaisa yeh tera fasaana
dhundein hai kyun daari daari har pal ik naya thikaana
o re paakhi, o re paakhi kis desh tujhe hai jaana
o re paakhi achcha nahi yun dard ko aajmaana
aankhon ne phir ishaaron se, bheja hai ik paigaam sun
kap kapaate honthon ne, gaayi hai ik nayi si dhun
tufaan mein julfon ka aashiyaana, o re paakhi, o re paakhi

O, weary bird, your tale, a whispered plea,
Why search each branch, a fleeting residency?
O, weary bird, what land calls out to thee?
To taste such pain, a cruel decree.

O, weary bird, your tale, a whispered plea,
Why search each branch, a fleeting residency?
This frantic heart, a tyrant in its reign,
Loved without measure, yet inflicted pain.
What offering was love's decree, O weary bird?

O, weary bird, your tale, a whispered plea,
Why search each branch, a fleeting residency?
O, weary bird, what land calls out to thee?
To taste such pain, a cruel decree.

The eyes then spoke, a message in their gleam,
Trembling lips, a newly woven dream.
A tempest's heart, a haven in the hair, O weary bird.