gehri gehri nadiya ka thanda thanda pani
gehri gehri nadiya ka thanda thanda pani
bachapan bita kaise bitegi jawani
kaise bitegi jawani
gehri gehri nadiya ka thanda thanda pani

daali daali koyal kali kuhu kuhu gaye
kuhu kuhu gaye
kale kale badra mein man udaa jaye
man udaa jaye
bagiya mein aayi dekho root mastani
bagiya mein aayi aayi dekho root mastani
kaise bitegi jawani ho
gehri gehri nadiya ka thanda thanda pani

thaam ke dupatta mera bole ye chameli
bile ye chameli
raja ji bagiya mein jayiyo na akeli
jayiyo na akeli
main anjani janu naahi ye kahani
main anjani kaise bitegi kaise bitegi jawani ho
gehri gehri nadiya ka thanda thanda pani

jaane kaise chali mori naiya haule haule
naiya haule haule
bhola bhala saiya mora dagmag dole
dagmag dole
san san pavan dekho kare manmani
kare manmani kaise bitegi kaise bitegi jawani ho
gehri gehri nadiya ka thanda thanda pani
gehri gehri nadiya ka thanda thanda pani

The deep, deep river, its waters cool and deep,
The deep, deep river, its waters cool and deep,
Childhood’s passing, how will youth now keep?
How will youth now keep, oh?
The deep, deep river, its waters cool and deep.

Branch to branch, the cuckoo, black and low, sings,
Black and low, sings,
In the dark clouds, the heart takes to wings,
The heart takes to wings,
The garden blooms, a season so fine it brings,
The garden blooms, so fine it brings,
How will youth now keep, oh?
The deep, deep river, its waters cool and deep.

Holding my shawl, the jasmine then speaks,
Then speaks,
"Oh, my king, go not to the garden that seeks,
Go not to the garden that seeks,
I am unknown, this story I cannot seek,"
I am unknown, how will youth, how will youth now keep, oh?
The deep, deep river, its waters cool and deep.

Who knows how my boat now moves so slow,
My boat so slow,
My simple love, he sways to and fro,
He sways to and fro,
The wind it whispers, its heart does so grow,
Its heart does so grow, how will youth, how will youth now keep, oh?
The deep, deep river, its waters cool and deep,
The deep, deep river, its waters cool and deep.