pinjare ke panchhi re
pinjare ke panchhi re, tera dard na jaane koe
tera dard na jaane koe

bahar se to khamosh rahe tu
bahar se to khamosh rahe tu
bhitar bhitar roe re hay e bhitar bhitar roe
tera dard na jaane koe

kah na sake tu, apni kahani
teri bhi panchhi, kya zindgani re
kah na sake tu, apni kahani
teri bhi panchhi, kya zindgani re
vidhi ne teri katha likhi aansu mein kalam duboe
tera dard na jaane koe
tera dard na jaane koe

chupake chupake rone vaale
rakhna chhupaake dil ke chhale re
chupake chupake rone vaale
rakhna chhupaake dil ke chhale re
ye patthar ka desh hain pagle, koi na tera hoy
tera dard na jaane koe
pinjare ke panchhi re, e e e tera dard na jaane koe
tera dard na jaane koe
pinjare ke panchhi re

Caged bird, oh,
Caged bird, your ache, none truly know,
Your ache, none truly know.

Silent you seem from the world's eye,
Silent you seem from the world's eye,
Yet within, you weep, oh, within you cry,
Your ache, none truly know.

You cannot speak, your story untold,
Oh, bird, what life is yours to hold?
You cannot speak, your story untold,
Oh, bird, what life is yours to hold?
Fate, your tale, with tears, did mold,
Your ache, none truly know,
Your ache, none truly know.

Silently weeping, the tears you hide,
Concealing the wounds deep inside,
Silently weeping, the tears you hide,
Concealing the wounds deep inside,
This stone-hearted land, no solace implied,
No one is yours, nowhere to confide,
Your ache, none truly know,
Caged bird, oh, your ache, none truly know,
Your ache, none truly know.
Caged bird, oh.