jab koi ladki jab koi ladki bar bar mere dil ko tadpaye
jab koi ladki bar bar mere dil ko tadpaye
rat ko sapne me mile or din ko pas na aaye
batade mere moti mai kya karu batade mere moti mai kya karu
ha samjh gaya pyar karu na
jab koi ladka jab koi ladka roz roz hi aake mujhe sataye
banke romio sham sawere piche hi pad jaye
batade mere moti mai kya karu batade mere moti mai kya karu
ha samjhi gussa karu na

ye to batade kya mausam bura hai
ye to batade kya mausam bura hai
mausam acha hai to kya mauka bura hai
fir kyu hai itni duri are kaisi ye majburi kya milna nahi jaruri
batade mere moti mai kya karu batade mere moti mai kya karu
jab koi ladka jab koi ladka roz roz hi aake mujhe sataye
banke romio sham sawere piche hi pad jaye
batade mere moti mai kya karu batade mere moti mai kya karu

pucho moti isse ye kya mangta hai
pucho moti isse ye kya mangta hai
mohbbat kya hoti hai ye jata hai
isko bolo jaye ye pyar sikh ke aaye mujhko na sataye
batade mere moti mai kya karu batade mere moti mai kya karu
jab koi ladki jab koi ladka jab koi ladki bar bar
mere dil ko tadpaye banke romio sham sawere piche hi pad jaye
batade mere moti hum kya kare batade mere moti hum kya kare
batade mere moti hum kya kare pyar karo pyar karo pyar karo

When a girl, again and again, stirs my heart's deep ache,
When a girl, again and again, my spirit does she break.
In dreams, she graces night, yet day denies her grace,
Tell me, my pearl, what path to trace?
Tell me, my pearl, what I embrace?
Ah, I understand, love, I shall not chase.

When a boy, day by day, relentlessly pursues,
A Romeo reborn, his shadows he imbues.
From dawn till dusk, his presence never fades,
Tell me, my pearl, in what am I persuaded?
Tell me, my pearl, what should I evade?
Ah, I understand, in anger, I shall not cascade.

Tell me, is the season unkind?
Tell me, is the season unkind?
If the season is fair, does opportunity unwind?
Why then this distance, this baffling plight?
Is meeting, then, not a sacred light?
Tell me, my pearl, what is my right?
Tell me, my pearl, what is my right?
When a boy, day by day, relentlessly pursues,
A Romeo reborn, his shadows he imbues.
From dawn till dusk, his presence never fades,
Tell me, my pearl, what is my fate's parades?
Tell me, my pearl, what is my fate's parades?

Ask the pearl, what it truly craves,
Ask the pearl, what it truly craves.
Of love's true essence, it knows and it saves.
Let him learn of love, before he returns,
Let him cease the torment my spirit yearns,
Tell me, my pearl, where wisdom turns?
Tell me, my pearl, where wisdom turns?
When a girl, when a boy, when a girl, again and again,
My heart's deep ache he does sustain, a Romeo's refrain.
Tell me, my pearl, what is my terrain?
Tell me, my pearl, what is my terrain?
Tell me, my pearl, what is my terrain?
Love, love, love is the reign.