jane kahan khoyi bindiyaa jane kahan khoyi
bindiyaa jane kahan khoyi jane kahan khoyi ram
haye kahan khoyi main to sari ratiya nahi soyi
nandiya bindiya jane kahan khoyi

wo bole par bol na paye
main bolu kya hoth lajaye
wo bole par bol na paye
main bolu kya hoth lajaye
ang se lipti chah ki agiya
man hi man mein royi
nandiya bindiya jane kahan khoyi
jane kahan khoyi ram
haye kahan khoyi
main to sari ratiya nahi soyi ram
bindiya jane kahan khoyi

ras mein bhigi sej lagan ki
pyas bujhi na pyase man ki
ras mein bhigi sej lagan ki
pyas bujhi na pyase man ki
dur kahi se boli chiraiya
humra ban gaya koi
nandiya bindiya jane kahan khoyi
jane kahan khoyi ram
haye kahan khoyi
main to sari ratiya nahi soyi ram
bindiya jane kahan khoyi

Where has my jewel wandered, where has it gone?
My jewel lost, O where, to what dawn?
Ah, lost where? Through nights I could not rest,
My sister, where has my jewel been pressed?

He yearned, but words failed his throat,
How speak when lips begin to elope?
He yearned, but words failed his throat,
How speak when lips begin to elope?
Desire's fire, a flame on limb entwined,
Within my heart, weeping I find.
My sister, where has my jewel been pressed?
O where has it gone? To what rest?
Ah, lost where? Through nights I could not rest,
O jewel, where has it been pressed?

In passion drenched, the bed of love's art,
Thirst unquenched within this thirsty heart.
In passion drenched, the bed of love's art,
Thirst unquenched within this thirsty heart.
From afar, a bird's song does impart,
"Someone is mine, a brand new start."
My sister, where has my jewel been pressed?
O where has it gone? To what rest?
Ah, lost where? Through nights I could not rest,
O jewel, where has it been pressed?