apnapan rakhna mere ghanshyam
apnapan rakhna mere ghanshyam
ghadi ghadi pal pal naam tiharo
ghadi ghadi pal pal naam tiharo
rate meri rachna mere ghanshyam
rate meri rachna mere ghanshyam
apnapan rakhna mere ghanshyam
apnapan rakhna mere ghanshyam

lali laal doud garbaahi
hamare liye basna mere ghanshyam
hamare liye basna mere ghanshyam
bhaw hindore daari hiye main
bhaw hindore daari hiye main
jhulaau nit jhulna mere ghanshyam
jhulaau nit jhulna mere ghanshyam
apnapan rakhna mere ghanshyam
apnapan rakhna mere ghanshyam

ghanshyam ghanshyam ghanshyam
dekh uphar haar hasuvan ko
bana lu tujhe apna mere ghanshyam
bana lu tujhe apna mere ghanshyam
kaise hai kari kripalu prabhu apno
purvo mam sapna mere ghanshyam
purvo mam sapna mere ghanshyam
apnapan rakhna mere ghanshyam
apnapan rakhna mere ghanshyam

Hold me close, Dark One, keep me near,
Hold me close, Dark One, keep me near.
Each tick, each breath, your name I call,
Each tick, each breath, your name I call.
My poems murmur, Dark One, for you,
My poems murmur, Dark One, for you.
Hold me close, Dark One, keep me near,
Hold me close, Dark One, keep me near.

My crimson heart races towards you,
My crimson heart races towards you,
To dwell with you, Dark One, I yearn.
To dwell with you, Dark One, I yearn.
In waves of feeling, I swing you,
In waves of feeling, I swing you,
Each day, I rock you, Dark One, in my soul.
Each day, I rock you, Dark One, in my soul.
Hold me close, Dark One, keep me near,
Hold me close, Dark One, keep me near.

Dark One, Dark One, Dark One.
See the garland of my laughter bloom,
See the garland of my laughter bloom,
I make you mine, Dark One, forever.
I make you mine, Dark One, forever.
How will you, Merciful Lord, embrace us?
Fulfill my dream, Dark One, fulfill it.
Fulfill my dream, Dark One, fulfill it.
Hold me close, Dark One, keep me near,
Hold me close, Dark One, keep me near.