papihara kahe machave shor shor
paye jo sun na paye jo sun na paye
sas na nandiya dore hi dore
hi dore ye pankh marore marore
marore marore marore
papihara kahe machave shor shor shor

o o papiha tujhe meri kasam
chup rah zara abhi aane ko hai
jalim tujhe kya ho gaya tere pihu pihu karne se
wo bewafa yaad aaye hai tu zuda tadpaye hai
aur aur aur aur dil zuda tadpaye hai

nadi ka kinara bolan water mor ka pankha
patli patli patli patli patli patli patli patli
ungaliya ungaliya phulo ki shehar
haye re haye jiya balkhaye jo sun na paye
sas na nandiya dore hi dore
hi dore ye pankh marore marore
marore marore marore
papihe kahe machave shor shor shor

Why does the rainbird cry, cry so loud?
If it finds none, if it hears none, if it finds none.
Breath, not a river, pulls at the thread, the thread,
Twisting those wings, wringing them dry,
Wringing them, wringing them, wringing them.
Why does the rainbird cry, cry so loud, loud, loud?

Oh, rainbird, I swear by you,
Be silent a while, it's about to arrive.
What's happened to you, cruel one?
Your *pihu pihu* makes me recall
That faithless one, and you, separated, torment.
And, and, and, and a heart torn, tormented.

The river's edge, speaking the water, the peacock's fan,
Thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin…
Fingers, fingers, the city of flowers.
Alas, alas, life struggles, if it hears none,
Breath, not a river, pulls at the thread, the thread,
Twisting those wings, wringing them dry,
Wringing them, wringing them, wringing them.
Why does the rainbird cry, cry so loud, loud, loud?