sajan pardesi baalam pardesi man ko sataye jalaye
jalan na jane ram sajan pardesi baalam pardesi
man ko sataye jalaye jalan na jane ram

karke dil ko apne bas me karke dil ko apne bas me
tod gaye sab apni kasme tod gaye sab apni kasme
baithi hu aas lagaye chain na aaye sataye
jalan na jane ram sajan pardesi baalam pardesi
man ko sataye jalaye jalan na jane ram

jee bhar ke na unse kheli jee bhar ke na unse kheli
chhod gaye chhod gaye chhod gaye wo mujhe akeli
chhod gaye wo mujhe akeli
chain na aaye sataye
jalan na jane ram sajan pardesi baalam pardesi
man ko sataye jalaye jalan na jane ram

bhar bhar aaye aasu apne bhar bhar aaye aasu apne
kyu gaye mushkil aankh me rasme
kyu gaye mushkil aankh me rasme dard hame tadpaaye
chain na aaye sataye jalan na jane ram
sajan pardesi baalam pardesi man ko sataye jalaye
jalan na jane ram

My love, a stranger, my beloved, a stranger,
torments the heart, sets it ablaze.
No understanding of the ache, oh Lord,
my love, a stranger, my beloved, a stranger.
Torments the heart, sets it ablaze,
no understanding of the ache, oh Lord.

Having ensnared the heart, having ensnared,
they shattered all their vows, shattered all.
I sit, hope’s ember glowing, no peace comes, tormenting,
no understanding of the ache, oh Lord,
my love, a stranger, my beloved, a stranger.
Torments the heart, sets it ablaze,
no understanding of the ache, oh Lord.

Never fully played with them, never, never.
They left, they left, they left me alone,
they left me alone.
No peace comes, tormenting,
no understanding of the ache, oh Lord,
my love, a stranger, my beloved, a stranger.
Torments the heart, sets it ablaze,
no understanding of the ache, oh Lord.

Tears brimming, overflowing, tears overflowing,
why did they go, a difficulty in the eye of ritual?
Why did they go, a difficulty in the eye?
Pain torments us,
no peace comes, tormenting, no understanding of the ache, oh Lord,
my love, a stranger, my beloved, a stranger.
Torments the heart, sets it ablaze,
no understanding of the ache, oh Lord.