tum kitane saal ke ho goree
o puchhi sayiya ne umariya moree
main kahandee kahandee rah gayee
phir pakad lee baeeya moree
main bahndee bahndee haay
main bahndee bahndee rah gayee
puchhi sayiya ne haay dayiya

saans mera bad gaya
jaan meree chhat gayee

aage aage aaya to main
peechhe peechhe hatee re
saans mera haay ni
saans mera bad gaya
jaan meree chhat gayee
aage aage aaya to main
peechhe peechhe hatee gayee
puchhi sayiya ne huee maan

achchha phir kya hua bolo
phir

meree khinch ke jo oongalee marodee
main sahndee sahndee sah gayee
phir pakad lee baeeya moree
main bahndee bahndee
main bahndee bahndee rah gayee
puchhi sayiya ne huee maan

sajana kee battiyo mein aise mai kho gayee
jaha subahe baithee thee mai vahee shaam ho gayee
sajana kee haay mai sajana kee battiyo mein aise mai kho gayee
jaha subahe baithee thee mai vahee shaam ho gayee
aaye haay vahee shaam ho gayee kya
haan socha bhaag jaoo
socha bhaag jaoo mai choree choree
haay rahandi rahandi
haay rahandi rahandi rah gayee
phir pakad lee baeeya moree
main bahndi bahndi
main bahndi bahndi rah gayee
poochhee sayiya ne

How old are you, fair one?
My love, he asked of my years.
I stammered, I stammered,
Then he seized my arms.
I flowed, I flowed, alas,
I flowed and flowed away.
My love, he asked, alas!

My breath, it swelled,
My life, it fled.

As he advanced, I retreated.
My breath, alas,
My breath, it swelled,
My life, it fled.
As he advanced, I retreated.
My love, he asked, my mother!
Then, what happened, tell me?
Then…

He twisted my finger,
I endured, I endured.
Then he seized my arms.
I flowed, I flowed,
I flowed and flowed away.
My love, he asked, my mother!

In my love’s words, I was lost.
Where morning sat, evening came.
My love, alas, in my love’s words, I was lost.
Where morning sat, evening came.
Alas, evening came? What then?
I thought to flee,
I thought to flee in secret.
Alas, I stayed,
Alas, I stayed and stayed.
Then he seized my arms.
I flowed, I flowed,
I flowed and flowed away.
My love, he asked…