kisko gale lagaiye
dil kiska todiye
behtar yahi hai faisla
kismat pe chhodiye

bada dukh deve pawan purwaiya
bada dukh deve pawan purwaiya
ang ang tute hamar
ang ang tute hamar haye daiya
bada dukh deve pawan purwaiya
bada dukh deve pawan purwaiya

kabhi kabhi angiya me tan kas jaye
kabhi kabhi angiya me tan kas jaye
kabhi kabhi kangna me haye
kabhi kabhi kangna me lat fans jaye
lat fans jaye
kaahe ko mohe chhede re kaahe nirdaiya
kaahe ko mohe chhede re kaahe nirdaiya
ang ang tute hamar
ang ang tute hamar haye daiya
bada dukh deve pawan purwaiya
bada dukh deve pawan purwaiya

ka main kahu aisi pagli pawan ko
ka main kahu aisi pagli pawan ko
ghadi ghadi chhuye jo haye
ghadi ghadi chhuye jo gore badan ko
gore badan ko
sajan bin jaise are nirjaiya
sajan bin jaise are nirjaiya
ang ang tute hamar
ang ang tute hamar haye daiya
bada dukh deve pawan purwaiya
bada dukh deve pawan purwaiya

Whose embrace to seek,
Whose heart to break?
Best to leave it,
To fate's great wake.

The eastern wind brings grief,
The eastern wind, a bitter thief,
Each limb now aches,
Each limb, alas, it breaks.
The eastern wind brings grief,
The eastern wind, a bitter thief.

Sometimes the bodice binds,
Sometimes the armlet finds,
A tangled strand,
Caught in this land.
Why tease me so, cruel one, why?
Each limb now aches,
Each limb, alas, it breaks.
The eastern wind brings grief,
The eastern wind, a bitter thief.

What can I say to this mad wind,
What can I say to this mad wind,
That touches time and again,
My pale flesh, my pale skin?
Lifeless without my love,
Each limb now aches,
Each limb, alas, it breaks.
The eastern wind brings grief,
The eastern wind, a bitter thief.