bambai se gai puna puna se gai dilhi
dilhi se gai patana, phir bhi na mila sajana
mahakaya maine gajara chamakai maine bidiya
khanakaya maine kagana, phir bhi na mila sajana
ham hai rahi pyar ke, ham hai rahi pyar ke

ankho me chhupa lugi sanso me basa lugi
main usaki mohabbat me duniya ko bhula dugi
khvabo me nahi khoi rato ko nahi soi
mai usake lie roi, phir bhi na mila sajana
ham hai rahi pyar ke, ham hai rahi pyar ke

jab yad usaki ae dil mera dhadak jae
vo hai bada bedardi kitana mujhe tadapae
baho me use dhudha raho me use dhudha
galiyo me use dhudha, phir bhi na mila sajana
bambai se gai puna puna se gai dilhi dilhi se gai patana, phir bhi na mila sajana
ham hai rahi pyar ke, ham hai rahi pyar ke

From Bombay I journeyed to Pune, then Delhi's sprawl,
From Delhi to Patna, answering love's call.
Yet my beloved remained unseen, a phantom's trace.
I adorned myself, seeking love's embrace.

I perfumed my hair, and my forehead I'd adorn,
My bangles chimed a song, throughout the morn.
Still, my beloved remained, beyond my reach.
We are travelers on love's enduring beach.

In my eyes, I'd hide him, in my breath I'd keep,
Lost in his love, the world I'd let sleep.
I lost myself in dreams, the night remained wide,
For him, I wept, with love as my guide.
Yet my beloved remained, a distant star.
We are travelers on love, near and afar.

When his memory stirs, my heart takes flight,
He, so heartless, torments with all his might.
In his arms, I sought, on every path I trod,
Through every street I searched, for my love and God.
Yet my beloved remained, unseen, unknown.
From Bombay I journeyed, forever alone.
From Bombay I journeyed to Pune, then Delhi's expanse,
To Patna I went, yet lost in love's trance.
We are travelers on love's wandering way,
We are travelers on love, come what may.