banarasiya haye banarasiya banarasiya haye banarasiya
rang me bhang ya bhang me rang banarasiya
haye banarasiya
sang me jang ya jang me sang banarasiya
haye banarasiya haye banarasiya
banarasiya

chaal chalake har hushyari janat yu tu sab nar naari
chaal chalake har hushyari janat yu tu sab nar naari
man ke par bhole bhandari man ke par bhole bhandari
ghat kinare umar gujare ghat banarasiya
haye ghat banarasiya ghat banarasiya
thato me that banarasiya haye haye that banarasiya
thato me that banarasiya thato me that banarasiya

that banarasiya haye haye that banarasiya
rang me bhang ya bhang me rang banarasiya
haye banarasiya
sang me jang ya jang me sang banarasiya
haye banarasiya

rang me bhang ya bhang me rang
sang me jang ya jang me sang
rang me bhang ya bhang me rang banarasiya
sang me jang ya jang me sang banarasiya
bana rasiya haye banarasiya
banarasiya haye banarasiya banarasiya haye banarasiya

Varanasi, oh Varanasi,
Varanasi, oh Varanasi,
Is color dissolved in chaos, or chaos dyed in hue?
Varanasi, oh Varanasi,
Is conflict entwined with union, or union born of strife?
Varanasi, oh Varanasi,
Oh, Varanasi.
Varanasi.

The wiles and wisdom, the craft and knowing,
Known by every man, every woman,
But within, a heart of innocence, a divine simplicity.
At the ghat's edge, life unfolds,
The ghat, Varanasi.
Oh, the ghat, Varanasi.
The ghat, Varanasi.
Magnificence of all magnificence, Varanasi,
Oh, the magnificence of Varanasi,
Magnificence of all magnificence, Varanasi.
Is color dissolved in chaos, or chaos dyed in hue?
Varanasi, oh Varanasi,
Is conflict entwined with union, or union born of strife?
Varanasi, oh Varanasi.

Is color dissolved in chaos, or chaos dyed in hue?
Is conflict entwined with union, or union born of strife?
Is color dissolved in chaos, or chaos dyed in hue?
Is conflict entwined with union, or union born of strife?
Varanasi, oh Varanasi,
Varanasi, oh Varanasi.