babul jiya mora ghabraye
babul jiya mora ghabraye
babul jiya mora ghabraye
bin bole raha naa jaye
babul jiya mora ghabraye
babul mori itni arj sun lijo
mohe sunar ke ghar na dijo
mohe jevar kabhi na bhaye babul
babul jiya mora ghabraye
babul jiya mora ghabraye

babul mori itni arj sun lijo
mohe vyapari ghar na dijo
mohe daulat dhan na suhaye
babul jiya mora ghabraye
babul jiya mora ghabraye

babul mori itni arj sun lijo
mohe raja ghar na dijo
mohe raaj na karna aaye
babul jiya mora ghabraye
babul jiya mora ghabraye

babul mori itni arj sun lijo
babul mori itni arj sun lijo
mohe lohaar ke ghar de dijo
jo mori janjire pighlaye
jo mori janjire pighlaye

My father, my heart quakes with dread,
My father, my heart is filled with dread,
My tongue is tethered, words unsaid.
My father, my heart feels dread.

Father, heed this plea, I implore,
Do not send me to the goldsmith's door,
Jewels' glitter, I abhor.
My father, my heart feels dread.
My father, my heart is filled with dread.

Father, heed this plea, I implore,
Do not send me to the merchant's store,
Wealth and fortune I don't adore.
My father, my heart feels dread.
My father, my heart is filled with dread.

Father, heed this plea, I implore,
Do not send me to a king's high door,
For ruling is not what I am for.
My father, my heart feels dread.
My father, my heart is filled with dread.

Father, heed this plea, I implore,
Father, heed this plea, I implore,
Send me to the blacksmith's core,
Who can melt these chains I hold, and more,
Who can melt these chains I hold, and more.