likh de piya ka naam
likh de piya ka naam
sakhi ri likh de piya ka naam
sakhi ri likh de piya ka naam
likh de radha ke ang ang par likh de shyam hi shyam
sakhi ri likh de piya ka naam
sakhi ri likh de piya ka naam

tu kya jane janam janam ka mujhko pyar nibhana
ho tu kya jane
tu kya jane janam janam ka mujhko pyar nibhana
ho lal chunariya odh sakhi ri aaj sajan ghar jana
ho rah kathin hai samay hai thoda door piya ka gaw
sakhi ri likh de piya ka naam
sakhi ri likh de piya ka naam

sache pyar ka tar amar hai mar kar bhi na toote
ho sache pyar ka
sache pyar ka tar amar hai mar kar bhi na toote
preet ka aisa rang racha de janam janam ka chute
ho doli saji sehnai baji
doli saji sehnai baji ab hone lagi hai shaam
sakhi ri likh de piya ka naam
sakhi ri likh de piya ka naam
likh de radha ke ang ang par likhde shyam hi shyam
sakhi ri likh de piya ka nam
sakhi ri likh de piya ka nam

Inscribe Beloved's name,
Inscribe Beloved's name,
O friend, inscribe Beloved's name,
O friend, inscribe Beloved's name.
Write Shyam, Shyam, on Radha's every limb,
O friend, inscribe Beloved's name,
O friend, inscribe Beloved's name.

You know not, through lives I’ll keep this love,
Oh, you know not.
You know not, through lives I'll keep this love,
Crimson veil I wear, friend, to my Beloved's home I move.
The path is hard, time fleeting, far the village of my Love,
O friend, inscribe Beloved's name,
O friend, inscribe Beloved's name.

The thread of true love, deathless it is, though death may come,
Oh, true love's thread.
The thread of true love, deathless it is, though death may come,
Paint love's hue so deep, lifetimes unbound become.
The palanquin adorned, the shehnai's call,
The palanquin adorned, the shehnai's call, evening descends,
O friend, inscribe Beloved's name,
O friend, inscribe Beloved's name.
Write Shyam, Shyam, on Radha's every limb,
O friend, inscribe Beloved's name,
O friend, inscribe Beloved's name.