ari o potti kaha chali, palat meri anaar ki kali, badtamiz
taane din tandaana tandaana tandaana
taane din tandaana tandaana tandaana
taane din tandaana tandaana tandaana
khaatun ki khidamat me salaam apun ka
khaatun ki khidamat me salaam apun ka
aji potti patana hai
aji potti patana hai potti patana hai
aji potti patana hai faqat kam apun ka
ghar-baar hua ishq me nilaam apun ka
khaatun ki khidamat me salaam apun ka
taane din tandaana tandaana tandaana
taane din tandaana tandaana tandaana

baata nahi karte ham haidaraabaadi
baata nahi karte ham haidaraabaadi
haatha me tere joyo mehandi na laga di
to naam nahi lege kabhi apne vatan ka
kabhi apne vatan ka
khaatun ki khidamat me salaam apun ka
khaatun ki khidamat me salaam apun ka
taane din tandaana tandaana tandaana

gulbadan khaadim ke haatha se
munh me daal ko chabaayenge kya paan
ye paana me mere kaleje ke tukade
supaari ki jagah rakh ko chabar-chabar ke chabar ja

mar mitne me jaanam ham loga hai maahir
mar mitne me jaanam ham loga hai maahir
ghus kar tere dil me nikalege na baahir
ghus kar tere dil me nikalege na baahir
kharcha ho qafan ka na charcha ho dafan ka
charcha ho dafan ka
khaatun ki khidamat me salaam apun ka
khaatun ki khidamat me salaam apun ka
taane din tandaana tandaana tandaana

tu chiz ajab hai, tu baap gajab hai
tu chiz ajab hai, oh baap gajab hai
hungama sadak par hone ka sabab hai
hungama sadak par hone ka sabab hai
police ko bulaao khatra hai aman ka
khatra hai aman ka
khaatun ki khidamat me salaam apun ka
aji potti patana hai potti patana hai
aji potti patana hai faqat kam apun ka
ghar-baar hua ishq me nilaam apun ka
khaatun ki khidamat me salaam apun ka
taane din tandaana tandaana tandaana
taane din tandaana tandaana tandaana

Hey you, where do you flee?
Turn, my pomegranate bloom, you rude one.
*Tane Din Tandana Tandana Tandana*
*Tane Din Tandana Tandana Tandana*
*Tane Din Tandana Tandana Tandana*

To the lady's service, my greeting I send.
To the lady's service, my greeting I send.
Oh, to win you, I must!
Oh, to win you, win you, I must!
Oh, to win you, that's my only quest.
Home and hearth, all sold in love's unrest.
To the lady's service, my greeting I send.
*Tane Din Tandana Tandana Tandana*
*Tane Din Tandana Tandana Tandana*

No talk, we, of Hyderabad's tongue.
No talk, we, of Hyderabad's tongue.
If on your hands, I don't paint henna's art,
Then never will I speak of my homeland's heart.
Of my homeland's heart.
To the lady's service, my greeting I send.
To the lady's service, my greeting I send.
*Tane Din Tandana Tandana Tandana*

From the fair one's hands,
To my mouth, the betel I'll take.
My heart's own pieces,
In place of the areca, I will chew, and chew.

In dying, beloved, we are masters true.
In dying, beloved, we are masters true.
Into your heart, we will enter, and never withdraw.
Into your heart, we will enter, and never withdraw.
No coin for the shroud, no talk of the grave.
Talk of the grave.
To the lady's service, my greeting I send.
To the lady's service, my greeting I send.
*Tane Din Tandana Tandana Tandana*

You are a wonder, a marvel, you are.
You are a wonder, oh marvel, you are.
The cause of the street's commotion, you are.
The cause of the street's commotion, you are.
Summon the law, for peace is in peril.
Peace is in peril.
To the lady's service, my greeting I send.
Oh, to win you, win you, I must!
Oh, to win you, that's my only quest.
Home and hearth, all sold in love's unrest.
To the lady's service, my greeting I send.
*Tane Din Tandana Tandana Tandana*
*Tane Din Tandana Tandana Tandana*