baabul mora, baabul mora aaa
nahihar chhuto hi jaaye
baabul mora, baabul mora
nahihar chhutaa hi jaaye

din ka chola peeche choda, hmmm
din ka chola peeche choda
raat ki chadar odha chali
baabul more teri muniya
teri duniya chhod chali, hmmm
din ka chola peeche choda haha

din ka choola peeche choda
raat ki chadar odha chali
baabul more teri muniya
teri duniya chhod chali, hmm

My father, my father, ah,
The ancestral home departs.
My father, my father, ah,
The ancestral home departs.

The cloak of day, I leave behind, hmm,
The cloak of day, I leave behind.
A night's dark shawl I now embrace,
My father's bird, your little dove,
Your world she now forsakes, hmm...
The cloak of day, I leave behind.

The cloak of day, I leave behind.
A night's dark shawl I now embrace,
My father's bird, your little dove,
Your world she now forsakes, hmm...