ho chhod ke bhaiya ka des o o o behna pardes chali
chhod ke bhaiya ka des o o o behna pardes chali
kaahe na lage jiya thes paraayi huyi apni gali
chhod ke bhaiya ka des o o o behna pardes chali

gale mil milke lage rone sakhiya
o o o ganga jamuna bani roti akhiya
yaad aaye bachpan ke din salone
bhule bhulaaye na kal ki woh batiya
chali re dulhaniya ke bhes o o o sajna ke des chali
ho o o o chhod ke bhaiya ka des o o o behna pardes chali

kisko yahan tha yeh jeevan bitaana
o o o saari umar ka nahi yeh nahi thikaana
duniya ka hai yeh dastur behna
aaj tujhe kal mujhe hoga jaana re jaana
chhod ke bhaiya ka des o o o behna pardes chali

o o o chhod ke bhaiya ka des o o o behna pardes chali
chhod ke bhaiya ka des o o o behna pardes chali

Leaving behind the brother's land, oh, oh, oh, sister journeys to a foreign shore,
Leaving behind the brother's land, oh, oh, oh, sister journeys to a foreign shore.
Why doesn't the heart feel a wound, estranged, in one's own street?
Leaving behind the brother's land, oh, oh, oh, sister journeys to a foreign shore.

Clinging, embracing, weeping, friends,
Oh, oh, oh, like Ganga and Yamuna, the eyes weep.
Remembered are the childhood days, so lovely,
Forgotten, never forgotten, yesterday's talks.
Now in bridal guise, oh, oh, oh, to her beloved's land she goes,
Oh, oh, oh, leaving behind the brother's land, oh, oh, oh, sister journeys to a foreign shore.

Who was meant to dwell here, in this life?
Oh, oh, oh, this is not the place for a lifetime's stay.
This is the world's custom, sister,
Today it is you, tomorrow it will be I, to depart, to depart.
Leaving behind the brother's land, oh, oh, oh, sister journeys to a foreign shore.

Oh, oh, oh, leaving behind the brother's land, oh, oh, oh, sister journeys to a foreign shore,
Leaving behind the brother's land, oh, oh, oh, sister journeys to a foreign shore.