samajhi thi ke ye ghar mera hai, maalum hua mehamaan thi mai
ho jinhe apana-apana kahati thi, ho un sabake liye anajan thi mai

is tarah na mujhako thukarao, ik baar gale se lag jao
haay mai ab bhi tumhari hun logo, rutho na agar naadan thi mai

tum shaad raho aabaad raho, ab mai tum sabase dur chali
haay parades bani hai wo galiyaan, jin galiyo ki pahachaan thi mai

I thought this house was mine, I know now I was a guest,
For those I called my own, I was a stranger, unpossessed.

Do not cast me out this way, embrace me just this once,
Oh, I am still yours, people, though ignorant, I'd pronounce.

May you find joy and prosperity, I now depart from you,
Alas, those streets have become a foreign land, to which I was once true.