tu kaahe roti hain, har aansu moti hai
pyara sa tera mukhda, pyare se tere naina
pariyo se bhi sundar, meri behna o meri behna
pyara sa tera mukhda, pyare se tere naina
pariyo se bhi sundar, meri behna o meri behna
pyara sa tera mukhda

are pagli phir roti hai

tu kaahe roti hain, har aansu moti hai
tu kaahe roti hain, har aansu moti hai
is moti ki kimat kya jane, anjane begane
badlegi teri kismat, sach hoga mera kehna
pariyo se bhi sundar
o meri behna, o meri behna
pyara sa tera mukhda

baajegi shahnayi, bik jayega bhai
baajegi shahnayi, bik jayega bhai
ek din apne man ki aashao ki sundar doli me
baithegi tu pehan ke, dulhan ka har ek gehna
pariyo se bhi sundar
o meri behna, o meri behna
pyara sa tera mukhda

Why do you weep, each tear a pearl,
Your face, a dawn, your eyes, a world.
More fair than fairies, my sister, oh, my sister,
Your face, a dawn, your eyes, a world.
More fair than fairies, my sister, oh, my sister,
Your face, a dawn.

Oh, foolish heart, why weep again?

Why do you weep, each tear a pearl,
Why do you weep, each tear a pearl.
This pearl's true worth, the strangers miss,
Yet fortune shifts with a whispered kiss.
My words will bloom, your fate shall turn,
More fair than fairies, my sister, oh, my sister,
Your face, a dawn.

The shawms will sing, your brother's care will fade,
The shawms will sing, your brother's care will fade.
One day you'll ride, in hope's bright carriage made,
Adorned in jewels, a bride's parade,
More fair than fairies, my sister, oh, my sister,
Your face, a dawn.