ho ho ho ho ho ho
lachari ko majburi ko
lachari ko majburi ko
kismat kahna padta hai
pyar me ham to garib nahi
paisa magar nasib nahi ho ho
hasne ko duniya sari aur rone ko ham
aara ro aara ro aara ro
aara ro aara ro aara ro

bhai bahan ka ye nata hai
bhukh me kapna aata hai

ek duje ko dekh ke fir bhi
pet apna bhar jata hai
batwara sukh aur dukh ka
hoga na jab tak ek jaisa
ham bukhe hi soyege
rone wale royege
aara ro aara ro aara ro
aara ro aara ro aara ro

lachari ko majburi ko
kismat kahna padta hai
pyar me ham to garib nahi
paisa magar nasib nahi ho
hasne ko duniya sari aur rone ko ham
aara ro aara ro aara ro
aara ro aara ro aara ro

Ho ho ho ho ho ho
To helplessness, to constraint,
To helplessness, to constraint,
Fate, we must call it,
In love, we are not poor,
But fortune, alas, is not ours, ho ho
The world laughs, and we, we weep,
Ara ro ara ro ara ro
Ara ro ara ro ara ro

This bond of brother and sister,
In hunger, we tremble,
Seeing each other, still,
Our bellies are filled,
Dividing joy and sorrow,
Until they are one,
We shall sleep hungry,
The weepers will weep,
Ara ro ara ro ara ro
Ara ro ara ro ara ro

To helplessness, to constraint,
Fate, we must call it,
In love, we are not poor,
But fortune, alas, is not ours, ho
The world laughs, and we, we weep,
Ara ro ara ro ara ro
Ara ro ara ro ara ro