o nadan parinde ghar aaja
o nadan parinde ghar aaja, o nadan parinde ghar aaja
ghar aaja, ghar aaja, ghar aaja aa

kyu desh videsh phire mara, kyu haal vihal thaka hara
kyu desh videsh phire mara, tu raat birat ka banjara
o nadan parinde ghar aaja
ghar aaja, ghar aaja, ghar aaja aa
nadan parinde ghar aaja, nadan parinde ghar aaja
nadan parinde ghar aaja, nadan parinde ghar aaja
sau dand badan pe phaile hai
har karam ke kapde maile hai

kate chahe jitna, parose hawao ko
khud se na bach payega tu
todh aasmano ko, phook de jahano ko
khud ko chupa na payega tu
koi bhi le rasta tu hai tu le hasta
apne hi ghar aayega tu
o nadan, o nadan parinde ghar aaja
ghar aaja, ghar aaja ghar aaja aa
nadan parinde ghar aaja, nadan parinde ghar aaja
nadan parinde ghar aaja, nadan parinde ghar aaja

kaga re kaga re mori itni araz tose chun chun khaiyo mans
kaga re kaga re mori itni araz tose chun chun khaiyo mans
re jiya re khaiyo na tu naina more
khaiyo na do naina more
khaiyo na tu naina more piya ke milan ki aas
khaiyo na do naina more
khaiyo na tu naina more piya ke milan ki aas
o nadan, o nadan parinde ghar aaja
ghar aaja, ghar aaja, ghar aaja aa
nadan parinde ghar aaja, nadan parinde ghar aaja
nadan parinde ghar aaja, nadan parinde ghar aaja
nadan parinde ghar aaja, nadan parinde ghar aaja
nadan parinde ghar aaja, nadan parinde ghar aaja

O, foolish bird, come home
O, foolish bird, come home
O, foolish bird, come home
Come home, come home
Come home, come

Why wander foreign lands and die?
Why weary, broken, and forlorn?
Why wander foreign lands and die?
A vagrant of the night and morn.
O, foolish bird, come home
Come home, come home, come home, come
Foolish bird, come home
Foolish bird, come home
Foolish bird, come home
Foolish bird, come home
A hundred wounds upon your frame,
Each deed has soiled your clothing's name.

Though you may sever winds that blow,
From yourself, you cannot flee.
Shatter the skies, let worlds all go,
You cannot hide from you, you see.
No matter where you choose to stray,
Smiling, you'll return to your own door.
O, foolish bird, come home
Come home, come home, come home, come
Foolish bird, come home
Foolish bird, come home
Foolish bird, come home
Foolish bird, come home

O crow, O crow, I make this plea,
Pick and choose and eat my flesh.
O crow, O crow, I make this plea,
Pick and choose and eat my flesh.
But crow, my eyes, do not you eat,
Do not consume these eyes of mine,
Do not consume these eyes of mine,
For in them, hope of union sleeps
Do not consume these eyes of mine,
For in them, hope of union sleeps.
O, foolish bird, O, foolish bird, come home
Come home, come home, come home, come
Foolish bird, come home
Foolish bird, come home
Foolish bird, come home
Foolish bird, come home
Foolish bird, come home
Foolish bird, come home