ek din laahor ki thandi sadak par shaam ko
jaa rahe the cycle par ham zaruri kaam ko
aji saamane se aa rahi thi bulbulo ki toliya
rok kar cycle lage ham sunane mithi boliya, uth teri
bigad gayi banate-banate baat, huyi wo juto ki barsaat
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf ho gayi, saaf ho gayi, saaf
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf ho gayi, saaf
bigad gayi banate-banate baat, huyi wo juto ki barsaat
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf

chale the karne kaarobaar, sadak par kar baithe kyo pyaar
ho gaya pal bhar me ye haal, ke ud gaye sar ke saare baal
ke ud gaye sar ke saare baal
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf ho gayi, saaf ho gayi, saaf
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf ho gayi, saaf
bigad gayi banate-banate baat, huyi wo juto ki barsaat
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf

mila ye ulfat ka inaam, mila ye ulfat ka inaam
ho gaye ghar-ghar me badnaam, ho gaye ghar-ghar me badnaam
gaye the ban ke ye gulafaam, vaapis aaye ghutana thaam
ye vaapis aaye ghutana thaam
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf ho gayi, saaf ho gayi, saaf
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf ho gayi, saaf
bigad gayi banate-banate baat, huyi wo juto ki barsaat
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf

kahu mai ek pate ki baat, kahu mai ek pate ki baat
ye zaalim dil hai bada badzaat, ye zaalim dil hai bada badzaat
isi dil ki thi karatut, isi ne padavaaye hai jut
isi ne padavaaye hai jut
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf ho gayi, saaf ho gayi, saaf
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf ho gayi, saaf
bigad gayi banate-banate baat, huyi wo juto ki barsaat
tabiyat saaf ho gayi, saaf

Upon Lahore's cool evening street,
Cycling forth, a task to meet.
Then, a chorus, a sweet sound,
A flock of nightingales abound.
I stopped my wheels to hear their song,
But fate's cruel hand, where did I go wrong?
A storm of shoes began to fall,
My spirit cleansed, embracing all.
Clean, cleansed, cleansed,
Clean, cleansed, cleansed.
The fragile dream, now lost to fray,
A storm of shoes to end the day.
Clean.

Intending trade, a road to roam,
And love's embrace, upon the home.
A fleeting moment, swift and deep,
Where all my hair began to weep.
All my hair, now flown away,
Clean, cleansed, cleansed.
Clean, cleansed, cleansed.
The fragile dream, now lost to fray,
A storm of shoes to end the day.
Clean.

This reward of love I found,
A whispered shame all around.
I went as a rose, in bloom and grace,
Returned with wounds, a fallen case.
Returned with wounds, with knees held tight,
Clean, cleansed, cleansed.
Clean, cleansed, cleansed.
The fragile dream, now lost to fray,
A storm of shoes to end the day.
Clean.

Now, a truth I must impart,
A cruel heart, a wicked art.
This treacherous heart, the wicked source,
That led to this fateful course.
That led to shoes, a fallen plight,
Clean, cleansed, cleansed.
Clean, cleansed, cleansed.
The fragile dream, now lost to fray,
A storm of shoes to end the day.
Clean.