duniya valo gaur se sunana
meri dard ki kahani
samjho samjho kya kahta hai
meri aankh ka pani
suno sunaye aaj tumhe, ek choti si khani
ek baap ki do do beti, ek sawari ek gori
jaise champa chamali ho
kabhi na rahe akeli ho
suno sunaye aaj tumhe

duniya khushi ki fir ujad gayi
champa se chameli fir bichhad gayi
ho ji ho ji ho ji ho
hari bhari bagiya thi bikhar gayi
champa se chameli haaye bichhad gayi
nain bichare, dhund ke hare
puche dwaare dwaare kaha meri chamali ho
ke rah gayi champa akeli ho
suno sunaye aaj tumhe

baat sakat huyi sanjh dhali
jhar jhar nir bahaaye re kali
ho ji ho ji ho ji ho ji ho
koi to bataye haye uski gali
jhar jhar nir bahaaye re
rutha maali bagiya khali
puchhe dali dali kaha meri chamali ho
ki rah gayi champa akeli ho
kaha meri chamali ho
kaha meri chamali ho
chamali ho, chamali ho
chamali ho, chamali ho

Hearken, mortals, lend an ear,
To the tale my sorrow weaves,
Understand the silent tear,
That from my wounded spirit grieves.

A simple story I unfold,
A father's heart, a twofold grace,
One dark, one fair, a sight to behold,
Like jasmine twined with champak's embrace.
Never were they left alone,
Hear my song, a plaintive strain.

The world of joy, a sudden blight,
Jasmine torn from champak's light.
Oh, alas, alas, alas,
A verdant garden, lost to night,
Jasmine lost, from champak's glass.
Eyes that seek, with weary quest,
Knock on every door, distressed,
"Where is my jasmine, tell me where?"
Champak left in lonely care.
Hear my song, a mournful air.

Waiting long, the shadows creep,
Tears like rain, the sad heart weeps.
Oh, alas, alas, alas, alas,
Tell me where her path does sleep,
Tears like rain, the sad heart weeps.
The gardener grieves, the garden bare,
Each branch I ask, "Where is my fair?"
"Where is my jasmine, tell me where?"
Champak left in lonely care.
Where is my jasmine, tell me where?
Where is my jasmine, tell me where?
Jasmine, oh jasmine, where?
Jasmine, oh jasmine, where?