ghungharu ki tarah bajataa hi rahaa hun mai
kabhi is pag me kabhi us pag me bandhataa hi rahaa hun mai
ghungharu ki tarah

kabhi tut gayaa kabhi todaa gayaa
sau baar mujhe phir jodaa gayaa
yun hi tut-tut ke, phir jut-jut ke
banta hi rahaa hun mai
ghungharu ki tarah

mai karataa rahaa auro ki kahi
mere man ki ye baat man hi me rahi
hai ye kaisaa gilaa jisane jo kahaa
karataa hi rahaa hun mai
ghungharu ki tarah

apano me rahe yaa gairo me
ghungharu ki jagah to hai pairo me
kabhi mandir me kabhi mahafil me
sajataa hi rahaa hun mai
ghungharu ki tarah

Like a dancing bell, I have chimed,
Bound to this foot, then that, through time.
Like a dancing bell.

Shattered once, and then again,
A hundred times, they mended pain.
Broken down, and pieced anew,
Again I chimed, my song rang true.
Like a dancing bell.

I followed what others decreed,
My heart's own truth, a silent seed.
A bitter plea, from every tongue,
I danced along, where I was flung.
Like a dancing bell.

Amongst my own, or strangers' gaze,
The dancing bell finds its place, always.
In temple halls or gathering's grace,
I adorned feet, in every space.
Like a dancing bell.