tar bijali se, tar bijali se
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
sukh ke ho gaye hai chhuare piya
sukh ke ho gaye hai chhuare piya
bechare piya sab hare piya
kuch khate nahi hai hamare piya
kuch khate nahi hai hamare piya
kuch khate nahi hai hamare piya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
tar bijali se, tar bijali se
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya

kha dhtura ji sutale hamare piya
mara dhakka na uth le dulare piya
kha dhatura ji sutale hamare piya
mara daka na uth le dulare piya
hore bapu bata tune ye kya biya
hore bapu bata tune ye kya biya
ye kya biya, tune ye kya biya
gulabi chaha, gulabi chaha ki
kyari me kanta bhara
gulabi chaha ki kyari me kanta bhara
na idar, na udar, ise hare piya
na idar, na udar, ise hare piya
tar bijali se patale, patale, patale
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya

gup andhera me chalte dulare piya
gup andhera me chalte dulare piya
zindgi khun bhari ghut pani bhara
arey chhapda ke babuji ye kya kiya
loknayak jalaye ye kesa diya
arey chhapda ke babuji ye kya kiya
loknayak jalaye ye kesa diya
bhao koyala ke bikle, bhao koyala ke bikle
dihari piya, nihari piya, dihari piya
mhare dukh ke jo fute fuhare piya
mhare dukh ke jo fute fuhare piya
ha fuhare fuhare fuhare piya
ha fuhare fuhare fuhare piya

tar bijali se patale hamare piya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
tar bijali se, tar bijali se
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
oo ri bahuji bata tune ye kya kiya
oo re bapu bata tune ye kya kiya
oo re chaha bata tune ye kya kiya
loknayak bata tune ye kya kiya
dhannayak bata tune ye kya kiya
oo re shaib bata tune ye kya kiya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
hamare piya, hamare piya
hamare piya, hamare piya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya
oo ri sasu bata tune ye kya kiya
tar bijali se patale hamare piya

My love, thin as a wire, a current's frail thread,
Oh, mother-in-law, what have you bred?
My love, thin as a wire, a current's frail thread,
Oh, mother-in-law, what have you bred?
My love, thin as a wire, a current's frail thread,
Oh, mother-in-law, what have you bred?
Dried to a date, a husk of what he was,
My love, defeated, by circumstance.
He eats no food, my love is fading fast,
Oh, mother-in-law, what have you cast?
Oh, mother-in-law, what have you cast?
My love, thin as a wire, a current's frail thread.

He ate the thorn-apple, now he sleeps so deep,
A shove won't rouse him from his slumbering sleep.
He ate the thorn-apple, now he sleeps so deep,
A shove won't rouse him from his slumbering sleep.
Oh father, tell me, what have you sown?
Oh father, tell me, what have you sown?
What have you sown, this harvest so forlorn?
In rosy uncle's garden, thorns now grow,
In rosy uncle's garden, thorns now grow,
He finds no solace, nowhere he can go.
My love, thin as a wire, a current's frail thread.

Through darkest night my darling starts to tread,
Life's blood, a well, with water filled with dread.
Oh, Chhapra's elder, what have you designed?
A leader's lamp, how can it blind?
Oh, Chhapra's elder, what have you designed?
A leader's lamp, how can it blind?
Coal sold for a price, a daily wage of pain,
A daily wage of pain, I start to cry,
My tears now fall, a pouring rain,
My tears now fall, a pouring rain,
Yes, tears now fall, in pouring rain.

My love, thin as a wire, a current's frail thread,
Oh, mother-in-law, what have you bred?
My love, thin as a wire, a current's frail thread,
Oh, mother-in-law, what have you bred?
My love, thin as a wire, a current's frail thread,
Oh, mother-in-law, what have you bred?

Oh, sister-in-law, what have you done?
Oh, father, tell me, what have you begun?
Oh, uncle, tell me, what have you become?
The leader, tell me, what have you undone?
The wealthy, tell me, what have you shunned?
Oh, sir, oh sir, what have you spun?
My love, thin as a wire, a current's frail thread,
My love, my love, my love,
Oh, mother-in-law, what have you bred?
My love, thin as a wire, a current's frail thread.