o ghan saanwre o ghan saanwre
unse kahiyo ja
o ghan saanwre o ghan saanwre
unse kahiyo ja
ek dukhiya ki yad me hi
dil dukha ke na jaa

jo mai abla naar na hoti
kyu dukh sahti nain bhigoti
jo mai abla naar na hoti
kyu dukh sahti nain bhigoti
koi tamasha dekhte apna ghar ujaad
o ghan saanwre unse kahiyo ja

puchhna ambar ke taaro se
meri chita ke angaro se
puchhna ambar ke taaro se
meri chita ke angaro se
kahenge sab log yahi baat
koi na preet lagaye
o ghan saanwre unse kahiyo ja
ek dukhiya ki yad me hi
dil dukha ke na ja

O dark cloud, O dark cloud,
Go tell them, go.
O dark cloud, O dark cloud,
Go tell them, go.
In the memory of a suffering soul,
Do not depart with a grieving heart.

If I were not a woman frail,
Why would I endure this tearful wail?
If I were not a woman frail,
Why would I endure this tearful wail?
Watching a spectacle, they'd watch my home be undone.
O dark cloud, go tell them, go.

Ask the stars in the heavens,
Ask the embers of my pyre.
Ask the stars in the heavens,
Ask the embers of my pyre.
All will say this same thing:
No one should ever love.
O dark cloud, go tell them, go.
In the memory of a suffering soul,
Do not depart with a grieving heart.