pardesi babu babu aate jate rehna
aate jate rehna pardesi babu pardesi babu
ye hai nirali behta pani behta pani
pani se machli jindagani pani maun na maun hamara
kabhi na uthare pani tum unche unche behna

aate jate rehna aate jate rehna
jivan ki ganga hai behti ganga hai behti
aur choti si naiya thahri aur choti si naiya thahri
jo leharo ladne jaye kaise apne panv jamaye
jo leharo ladne jaye kya kehna kya karna
aate jate rehna aate jate rehna
pardesi babu pardesi babu
aate jate rehna aate jate rehna
o pardesi babu pardesi babu

badi ban ban naina tarse
darshan me darshan me amrit barse
mujhe mil gaya aaj khawaiya
mujhe aaj kahe ab naiya
chale aaj jivan ki naiya chale
naiya chale naiya chale
ab kaisa darna aate jate rehna
aate jate rehna pardesi babu pardesi babu
aate jate rehna aate jate rehna
o pardesi babu pardesi babu

The Stranger, come and go, always,
Come and go, O Stranger, Stranger.
This is a river strange, flowing, flowing,
The fish of life within the water, silent, silent is our soul.
Never shall the water cease, you, flow on high, on high.

Come and go, always come and go,
Life's Ganges, flowing Ganges, flowing.
And a small boat, still, and a small boat, still,
That goes to fight the waves, how can it find its footing?
That goes to fight the waves, what to say, what to do?
Come and go, always come and go,
The Stranger, come and go, always.
Come and go, always come and go,
O Stranger, Stranger.
Come and go, always come and go,
O Stranger, Stranger.

The eyes long for you, yearning,
In your vision, nectar rains down.
Today I've found my boatman,
Today he tells me, now the boat,
Sails forth, the boat of life sails forth,
The boat sails, the boat sails.
Now, why fear? Come and go, always,
Come and go, The Stranger, Stranger.
Come and go, always come and go,
O Stranger, Stranger.