kahi dur koyaliya gaye re
mera chota sa dil ghabraye re
ghar aaja balamwa ho
haye ghar aaja balamwa

ghanghor badarwa chhaye re
ho meri bhabhi shor machaye re
ghar aaja biranwa oh
haay ghar aaja biranwa

teri yaad jab aayi dil le aayi
chori chori dil me aayi
chori chori
ab iska jina hai mushkil
gayi kaam se chhori
haye ram gayi kaam se chhori
tu kaahe ko der lagaye re
ho meri bhabhi shor machaye re
ghar aaja biranwa oh
haay ghar aaja biranwa
kahi dur koyaliya gaye re
mera chota sa dil ghabraye re
ghar aaja balamwa ho
haye ghar aaja balamwa

lakh ise samjhau na samjhe
haye biran teri naina
na samjhe haye biran teri naina
sab sakhiya jab soye
ghunghat me roye mere do naina
haye ram roye mere do naina
sawan rut biti jaye re
mera chota sa dil ghabraye re
ghar aaja balamwa ho
haye ghar aaja balamwa
ghanghor badarwa chhaye re
ho meri bhabhi shor machaye re
ghar aaja biranwa oh
haay ghar aaja biranwa

A distant cuckoo sings its lonely tune,
My tiny heart, it trembles 'neath the moon.
Come home, my love, oh,
Come home, my love, oh.
Dark clouds gather, shadows start to loom,
My sister-in-law, she fills the house with gloom.
Come home, my brother, oh,
Come home, my brother, oh.

Your memory, a thief within my breast,
Steals softly in, a love I can’t arrest,
Steals softly.
Now life is hard, a tangled, painful test,
My very soul, it's wounded and distressed,
Oh, woe, my soul, distressed.
Why tarry, love, what keeps you from your rest?
My sister-in-law, she fills the house with zest.
Come home, my brother, oh,
Come home, my brother, oh.
A distant cuckoo sings its lonely tune,
My tiny heart, it trembles 'neath the moon.
Come home, my love, oh,
Come home, my love, oh.

A thousand pleadings, still, the heart won't heed,
My brother's eyes, a longing I must feed,
My brother's eyes.
When all the other sisters fall asleep,
Beneath my veil, these sorrowful eyes weep,
Oh, woe, these eyes do weep.
The monsoon season, swiftly, it does bleed,
My tiny heart, it trembles at the deed.
Come home, my love, oh,
Come home, my love, oh.
Dark clouds gather, shadows start to breed,
My sister-in-law, she shouts a desperate creed.
Come home, my brother, oh,
Come home, my brother, oh.