ye bombay hai bombay meri jaan bombay
ye bombay hai bombay meri jaan bombay
yaha roj hote hai lakho ke dhandhe
yaha roj hote hai lakho ke dhandhe
ye bombay hai bombay meri jaan bombay
ye bombay hai bombay meri jaan bombay

yaha log badal se kajal nikale, kajal nikale
yaha log mitti ke bhi bal nikale, bhi bal nikale
yaha log pathar se bhi jal nikale
yaha log phir bhi hai bhukhe ho nange
ye bombay hai bombay meri jaan bombay
ye bombay hai bombay meri jaan bombay

yaha log najuk gulo se milenge, gulo se milenge
hasi se milenge khusi se milenge, khusi se milenge
agar dil nahi bedili se milenge
yaha log jhuthi mohabbat ke bande
ye bombay hai bombay meri jaan bombay
ye bombay hai bombay meri jaan bombay

baharo ki bate baharo se pucho, baharo se pucho
sitaro ki bate sitaro se pucho, sitaro se pucho
padi jaan pe kya jaanisaro se pucho
bade purkhadar inki julfo ke fande
ye bombay hai bombay meri jaan bombay
ye bombay hai bombay meri jaan bombay

This is Bombay, Bombay, my love, Bombay,
This is Bombay, Bombay, my love, Bombay,
Where fortunes are forged in a million ways,
Where fortunes are forged every single day,
This is Bombay, Bombay, my love, Bombay,
This is Bombay, Bombay, my love, Bombay.

Here, they squeeze kohl from the clouds above,
Here, they wrest strength from the very dust,
Here, they draw water from stones of earth,
Yet they are hungry, naked, filled with rust,
This is Bombay, Bombay, my love, Bombay,
This is Bombay, Bombay, my love, Bombay.

Here, they'll greet you with flowers so frail,
With laughter and joy, a welcoming call,
Or, if their hearts are cold, they’ll greet you then
With a hollow indifference that will enthrall,
Here, the lovers are bound by deceit's embrace,
This is Bombay, Bombay, my love, Bombay,
This is Bombay, Bombay, my love, Bombay.

Ask the spring of its blossoming guise,
Ask the stars of their celestial fire,
Ask the martyrs what their souls have paid,
Entrapped by tresses, set to expire,
This is Bombay, Bombay, my love, Bombay,
This is Bombay, Bombay, my love, Bombay.