are o diwane khushi ke jamane
phir nahi aane re man bhi ja
are o diwane khushi ke jamane
phir nahi aane re man bhi ja

ye sharmana ye ghabrana thik nahi
aahe bharna ji tarsana thik nahi
jine ke bahane sare jag jane
tu nahi jane re jaan bhi ja
are o diwane khushi ke jamane
phir nahi aane re man bhi ja

badh ke dil ka daw laga le der na kar
koi suhana dhokha khale der na kar
jine ke bahane sare jag jane
tu nahi jane re jaan bhi ja
are o diwane khushi ke jamane
phir nahi aane re man bhi ja
are o diwane khushi ke jamane
phir nahi aane re man bhi ja

O, mad one, of joy's fleeting season,
It will not return, oh, understand, heed, and believe.
O, mad one, of joy's fleeting season,
It will not return, oh, understand, heed, and believe.

This shyness, this fear, it is not right,
Sighing, longing, it is not right.
The world knows life's every artifice,
But you, you do not know, oh, know your soul.
O, mad one, of joy's fleeting season,
It will not return, oh, understand, heed, and believe.

Embrace the heart's wager, delay no more,
Dare to taste a sweet deception, delay no more.
The world knows life's every artifice,
But you, you do not know, oh, know your soul.
O, mad one, of joy's fleeting season,
It will not return, oh, understand, heed, and believe.
O, mad one, of joy's fleeting season,
It will not return, oh, understand, heed, and believe.