balama bada nadan re, balama bada nadan
prit ki na jaane pehchaan re
balama bada nadan re, balama bada nadan

bainya pakadu,
bainya pakadu haath dabaau, bainya pakadu haath dabaau
samajhat naahi kaise samjhaau, samajhat naahi kaise samjhaau
laakh jatan kiye, haar gayi main rogi ho gayi jaan re
balama bada nadan re, balama bada nadan re
balama bada nadan re

bedardi sang nata laaga, bedardi sang nata laaga
meri prit ka magan jaaga, meri prit ka magan jaaga
binti karu mai paiyan padu mai ab to meri mann re
balama bada nadan re, balama bada nadan
balama bada nadan re, balama bada nadan
prit ki na jaane pehchaan re balama bada nadan

My love, a novice heart, a tender fool,
Unknowing of the love that makes me whole.
My love, a novice heart, a tender fool.

I grasp his arm,
I squeeze his hand, I try again and again,
He does not grasp the love I try to explain.
A thousand efforts fail, my spirit weak, my life forlorn.
My love, a novice heart, a tender fool.
My love, a novice heart, a tender fool.

My bond is with the heartless one,
My heart's desire, relentlessly begun.
I plead, I fall upon his feet, now heed my plea,
My love, a novice heart, a tender fool.
My love, a novice heart, a tender fool.
Unknowing of the love that makes me whole,
My love, a novice heart, a tender fool.