zabaane badalate hai, har aan khubaa, aar aan khubaa
zabaane badalate hai
yah sab kuchh hai bigade zamaane ki baate
bigade zamaane ki baate,bigade zamaane ki baate
zabaane, zabaane, zabaane, zabaane badalate hai

hame gairo kavaa (???) se kyaa guftagu hai
hame gairo kavaa (???) se kyaa guftagu hai
chali jaati hai yah sunane ki baate
sunane ki baate
bigad bhi chuke yaar haaye
bigad bhi chuke yaar se ham to yaaro
karo kuchh ab use, karo kuchh ab use
karo kuchh ab use, use banaane ki baate
zabaane, zabaane, zabaane badalate hai

kiyaa sair kal mainne divaane majanu
kiyaa sair kal mainne divaane majanu, divaane majanu
khush aai bahut
khush aai bahut us divaane ki baate
divaane di baate, divaane di baate
divaane di baate, us divaane ki baate
zabaane, zabaane, zabaane badalate hai

Tongues they shift, each moment, beauty's gleam, a radiance, beauty's gleam.
Tongues they shift,
These are the whispers of a world astray,
A world astray, a world astray,
Tongues, tongues, tongues, tongues they shift.

What converse have we with the stranger's tongue?
What converse have we with the stranger's tongue?
These are the words that fade as they are heard,
Heard and gone,
Friends, even friends have fallen now, alas,
We have lost them, oh friends,
Do something now, do something now,
Do something now, to restore them,
Tongues, tongues, tongues they shift.

Yesterday I walked, a mad Majnun's path,
Yesterday I walked, a mad Majnun, a mad Majnun,
And it pleased me so,
Pleased me so, the madman's words,
The madman's words, the madman's words,
The madman's words, the madman's words,
Tongues, tongues, tongues they shift.