kya gaye vo kya gaye kya gaye vo kya gaye
jiska peehu desh paraye jiska desh paraye

jiska sath sajan se chhute jiska sath sajan se chhute
jiske bina tar he tute jiske bina tar he tute
vo kya roke sunaye kya gaye
kya gaye vo kya gaye kya gaye vo kya gaye
jiska peehu desh paraye jiska desh paraye

jiske man ki koso duri jiski pyas bhuji na puri
jiski pyas bhuje na puri tar taras ke vo mar jaye
kya gaye
kya gaye vo kya gaye kya gaye vo kya gaye
jiska peehu desh paraye jiska desh paraye

jiski aas ka deep bhuja ho jiski aash ka deep bhuja ho
pan birah ka jise chhupa ho pan birah ka jise chhupa ho
vo kya ras rachaye kya gaye
kya gaye vo kya gaye kya gaye vo kya gaye
jiska peehu desh paraye jiska desh paraye
vo kya gaaye

What songs can she sing, what songs can she sing?
Whose beloved is in a foreign land.
Whose beloved is in a foreign land.

Whose touch with her love is severed,
Whose strings of the veena are broken.
How can she weep, how can she sing?
What songs can she sing, what songs can she sing?
Whose beloved is in a foreign land.
Whose beloved is in a foreign land.

Whose heart yearns across miles,
Whose thirst remains unquenched,
And she dies of this thirst.
What songs can she sing?
What songs can she sing, what songs can she sing?
Whose beloved is in a foreign land.
Whose beloved is in a foreign land.

Whose hope's lamp has been extinguished,
Whose drink of separation is hidden,
How can she revel, how can she sing?
What songs can she sing, what songs can she sing?
Whose beloved is in a foreign land.
Whose beloved is in a foreign land.
What song can she sing?