mere ladle balam tohe ram ki kasam
tohe tohe ram ki kasam dekho chori chori
ankhiya ladaya na karo
sasu ji ke samne bulaya na karo
gori chandani si gori chandani si nar
saje solah singar saje ho saje solah singar
dekho mathe pe bindiya lagaya na karo
bindiya lagake yaha aaya na karo

mai hu bholi bhali tum ho bade hathile saiya
tum ho bade hathile saiya paiya padu tihare
ab to chhodo hamri baiya mere sawle
ho mere sawle sajan lagi tumse lagan
mera nanha ho mera nanha jiyra jalaya na karo
sasu ji ke samne bulaya na karo

mere ladle balam tohe ram ki kasam
tohe ho tohe ram ki kasam
dekho chori chori ankhiya ladaya na karo
sasu ji ke samne bulaya na karo

tum sang hamne byah kiya hai
fir kahe sharmana gori fir kahe sharmana
aao hil mil pyar kare jal jal mare jamana
haye jal jal mare jamana chhodo chodo
chhodo chhodo ye sharamkhul jaye na bharam
gore hatho me gore gore hatho me
mehandi rachaya na karo
mehandi racha ke yaha aaya na karo

mere ladle balam tohe ram ki kasam
tohe ho tohe ram ki kasam
dekho chori chori ankhiya ladaya na karo
sasu ji ke samne bulaya na karo

By the Ram, my beloved, I swear to you,
By the Ram, in secret, do not steal glances.
Do not call to me before my mother-in-law.
Fair as moonlight, you are fair.
Adorned in sixteen ornaments, adorned, oh adorned,
Do not wear a bindi upon your brow.
Having worn the bindi, do not come here.

I am innocent, and you, a stubborn man,
You are a stubborn man, my love, I fall at your feet.
Now, release my arms, my dark one.
Oh, my dark lover, I am bound to you by love.
Do not ignite my little heart,
Do not call to me before my mother-in-law.

By the Ram, my beloved, I swear to you,
By the Ram, oh, by the Ram, I swear.
In secret, do not steal glances.
Do not call to me before my mother-in-law.

With you, I have wed,
Why then, my fair one, why then this shyness?
Come, let us love, hand in hand, let the world burn with envy.
Alas, let the world burn! Leave, leave
Leave this shame, lest the illusion break.
In fair hands, in fair, fair hands,
Do not apply henna.
Having applied henna, do not come here.

By the Ram, my beloved, I swear to you,
By the Ram, oh, by the Ram, I swear.
In secret, do not steal glances.
Do not call to me before my mother-in-law.