tirchi baki najar se khud ko solah sal bachaye rakha
dal chala pinjare me ek dil aisa ek shikari aya
maina bole chiraiya ko baz liye jaye
aisi bholi ko kaisa dagabaz liya jaye
maina bole chiraiya ko baz liye jaye
aisi bholi ko kaisa dagabaz liya jaye
aao aao ri saheli koi pucho ye paheli
par noch ke bedarda pake akeli
kal ke wado pe bahlake aj liye jaye
aisi bholi ko kaisa dagabaz liya jaye
maina bole chiraiya ko baz liye jaye
aisi bholi ko kaisa dagabaz liya jaye

seena jori se julmi ne baiya marori
pahle jhumka gira phir tuti payal nigodi
seena jori se julmi ne baiya marori
pahle jhumka gira phir tuti payal nigodi
sur maine machaya sur maine machaya
koi aao re aao bachao re aao
ek sahri ko ek jangli baz liye jaye
aisi bholi ko kaisa dagabaz liya jaye
maina bole chiraiya ko baz liye jaye
aisi bholi ko kaisa dagabaz liya jaye

sab ke sab ye julm dekhte hi rahe
sab ke sab ye julm dekhte hi rahe chhod de re chhod de re
chhod de re bedardi ye kaun kahe
chhod de re bedardi ye kaun kahe
dur se bas yahi dur se bas yahi ek awaz ayi
ho ayi ayi mua sari mohalle ki laz liye jaye
aisi bholi ko kaisa dagabaz liya jaye
maina bole chiraiya ko baz liye jaye
aisi bholi ko kaisa dagabaz liya jaye
aisi bholi ko kaisa dagabaz liya jaye
aisi bholi ko kaisa dagabaz liya jaye

With sidelong glances, sixteen years I kept,
Safe from the world, until the hunter crept.
He set his trap, a cage of shadowed lies,
And from the myna's warning, the sparrow sighs.
"The hawk descends, to steal a life so frail,
How can such innocence be met with wail?"

"Come, sisters, come, and solve this bitter plea,
To rend the heart, and leave her misery.
He lures with promises, a fleeting gain,
How can such innocence be met with pain?"
The myna warns, the sparrow's fear takes flight,
"The hawk descends, to steal into the night."

The tyrant seized her, twisted her embrace,
Her earring fell, her anklet lost its grace.
The tyrant seized her, twisted her embrace,
Her earring fell, her anklet lost its grace.
I cried aloud, I screamed into the air,
"Come, help me, come, to banish this despair!"
A city dove, by savage hawk ensnared,
How can such innocence be left impaired?
The myna warns, the sparrow's fear takes flight,
"The hawk descends, to steal into the night."

They watched the crime, the silent, watching eyes,
They watched the crime, beneath indifferent skies.
"Release her, cease!" No voice dared intercede,
"Release her, cease!" Whose plea could he concede?
A distant murmur, a whisper on the breeze,
"He takes her shame, the village's disease."
How can such innocence be left bereft?
The myna warns, the sparrow's future left.
"The hawk descends, to steal into the night."
How can such innocence be met with blight?
How can such innocence be met with blight?
How can such innocence be left in night?