rama ho rama
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya o pardesi babu
pardesi babu angreji babu india ki galiyo me kho aya
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya o pardesi babu
pardesi babu angreji babu india ki galiyo me kho aya
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya

hum sab ka ek mehman hai tu janeman hamri jan hai tu
hum sab ka ek mehman hai tu janeman hamri jan hai tu
mai sabse tumhe milata hu yarao ka yar banata hu
ye raja hai ye rani hai ye raja hai ye rani hai
ye abdul hai ye jani hai ye majnu chaila
ye majnu chaila haye laila laila karte karte pagal ho gaya
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya

hum chote gharo me rahte hai par bate unchi karte hai
hum or kisi se darte nahi bas apne aap se darte hai
hum haste gate jite hai or haste gate marte hai
hum haste gate jite hai or haste gate marte hai
najro ka dhokha najro ka dhokha
ek hawa ka jhoka ye jiwan ye aaya wo gaya
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya

o pardesi babu pardesi babu angreji babu
india ki galiyo me kho aya
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya
rama ho rama basti me hangama ho gaya

Rama, Oh Rama, chaos blooms within the streets,
Rama, Oh Rama, a riot in the concrete,
Oh, traveler, stranger, English Babu, lost,
Lost in the lanes of India, at what cost?
Rama, Oh Rama, chaos blooms within the streets.

Rama, Oh Rama, a riot in the concrete,
Oh, traveler, stranger, English Babu, lost,
Lost in the lanes of India, at what cost?
Rama, Oh Rama, chaos blooms within the streets.
Rama, Oh Rama, a riot in the concrete.
Rama, Oh Rama, chaos blooms within the streets.

You are our guest, the soul within our keep,
You are our life, a secret we will sweep
Across the sky. I’ll introduce you now,
To friends, to kin, a garland on your brow.
This king, this queen, a tapestry of days,
Abdul, Jani, in a sunlit haze.
Majnu, lost, in love’s unending plea,
Crying for Laila, wild with ecstasy.
Rama, Oh Rama, chaos blooms within the streets.
Rama, Oh Rama, a riot in the concrete.

Though humble homes contain us, thoughts take flight,
We fear no shadow, only the inner night.
We laugh and sing, embracing life’s embrace,
We laugh and sing, finding death’s resting place.
A trick of eyes, a breath upon the air,
This life arrives, and vanishes somewhere.
Rama, Oh Rama, chaos blooms within the streets.
Rama, Oh Rama, a riot in the concrete.

Oh traveler, stranger, English Babu, lost,
Lost in the lanes of India, at what cost?
Rama, Oh Rama, chaos blooms within the streets.
Rama, Oh Rama, a riot in the concrete.
Rama, Oh Rama, chaos blooms within the streets.