bata do jara sakhiyo ri mere man ki baat
bata do jara sakhiyo ri mere man ki baat
banane wale ne kali bana di kyu raat
banane wale ne kali bana di kyu raat

pehle pehle jab ek nari ko uska mila sartaj re
uska mila sartaj re
usne pyar ki baat jo chedi gori ko aa gayi laaj
gori ko aa gayi laaj
banane wale na kali bana di raat
banane wale na kali bana di raat
bata do jara sakhiyo ri mere man ki baat

chanda par kyu dhag laga hai bole ari gafil
jara tu bole ari gafil
gore gore gaal pe jaise kala kala til
kisi ke kala kala til
o chatur saheli mai samjh gayi teri baat
o chatur saheli mai samjh gayi teri baat
bata do jara sakhiyo ri mere man ki baat

ye kaisa anyay sakhi ri kanto me kyu phul
kaho kanto me kyu phul
taki jag ke mali ko ye phul na jaye bhul
kahi ye phul na jaye bhul
kare na koi roopwala abhiman ki baat
kare na koi roopwala abhiman ki baat
bata do jara sakhiyo ri mere man ki baat
bata do jara sakhiyo ri mere man ki baat

Whisper, dear friends, tell me what's in my heart,
Whisper, dear friends, tell me what's in my heart.
Why did the Maker fashion the night so dark?
Why did the Maker fashion the night so dark?

When first a woman found her king to be,
Found her king to be,
And love's first words bloomed, shy, for all to see,
Shy, for all to see.
The Maker made the night, the darkness came,
The Maker made the night, the darkness came.
Whisper, dear friends, tell me what's in my heart.

Why a stain upon the moon, the heedless ask?
The heedless ask?
Like a beauty mark upon a fair face's mask,
Upon a fair face's mask.
Oh, wise friend, I understand your art,
Oh, wise friend, I understand your art.
Whisper, dear friends, tell me what's in my heart.

Why thorns among the flowers, a cruel design?
A cruel design?
So the world's gardener remembers what's divine,
Remembers what's divine.
Lest beauty's pride should ever take its start,
Lest beauty's pride should ever take its start.
Whisper, dear friends, tell me what's in my heart,
Whisper, dear friends, tell me what's in my heart.