pardesi bahan ka salam leke
aai aai ye malan pyam leke
bhej rahi hun main shahara bhaiya tu
bandh le mera nam leke
pardesi bahan ka salam leke
aai aai ye malan pyam leke
bhej rahi hun main shahara bhaiya tu
bandh le mera nam leke

phul nahi arman piroye
purakho ke wardan piroye
phul nahi arman piroye
purakho ke wardan piroye
aashao ke har banaye
aashao ke har banaye
prit ki dori se kam leke
pardesi bahan ka salam leke
aai aai ye malan pyam leke
bhej rahi hun main shahara bhaiya tu
bandh le mera nam leke

kismat ne ye din dikhlaya
par ye soch ke man bhar aaya
kismat ne ye din dikhlaya
par ye soch ke man bhar aaya
main aati to leke jati
main aati to leke jati
bhaiya se kucha inam leke
pardesi bahan ka salam leke
aai aai ye malan pyam leke
bhej rahi hun main shahara bhaiya tu
bandh le mera nam leke
mera nam leke

From a distant land, a sister's greeting,
A floral messenger, her message meeting,
I send you, oh brother, to the city's heart,
Bind my name, and play your destined part.
From a distant land, a sister's greeting,
A floral messenger, her message meeting,
I send you, oh brother, to the city's heart,
Bind my name, and play your destined part.

Not blooms, but dreams I've threaded,
Ancestral blessings, carefully bedded,
Not blooms, but dreams I've threaded,
Ancestral blessings, carefully bedded,
A garland of hopes, I've fashioned with care,
A garland of hopes, a love beyond compare,
With threads of affection, my work I embrace,
From a distant land, a sister's embrace,
A floral messenger, her message meeting,
I send you, oh brother, to the city's heart,
Bind my name, and play your destined part.

Fate has shown this day's bright gleam,
Yet a thought arises, a flowing stream,
Fate has shown this day's bright gleam,
Yet a thought arises, a flowing stream,
If I could come, I surely would,
If I could come, as a sister should,
With treasures to take, a brother's gain,
From a distant land, a sister's refrain,
A floral messenger, her message meeting,
I send you, oh brother, to the city's heart,
Bind my name, and play your destined part,
Bind my name.