ratiya gujaru kaise
haye ram nindiya na aaye
ratiya gujaru kaise
haye ram nindiya na aaye

it ut dolu mukh se na bolu
it ut dolu mukh se na bolu
kaa se kahu main manwa ki batiya
sagri rain mori tadpat biti
sagri rain mori tadpat biti
pal chhin chain na aaye jiya ghabraye

dekh chandani man lalchaye
rajkumari aaye aaye rajkumari aaye
shital pawan chale madhuban me
shital pawan chale madhuban me
man mora lalchaye jiya ghabraye

sari dunia so rahi par nind na mohe aaye
ye do naina kahan take kab sajan daras dikhaye
dekh chandani man lalchaye yaad tumhari aaye
dekh chandani man lalchaye yaad tumhari aaye
vyakul hu main un bin sajni
vyakul hu main un bin sajni
sham nahi ghar aaye jiya ghabraye
ratiya gujaru kaise haye ram nindiya na aaye

How shall I pass the night?
Oh Ram, sleep evades me.
How shall I pass the night?
Oh Ram, sleep evades me.

Here and there I wander, mute,
Here and there I wander, mute,
To whom shall I speak my heart’s plea?
The whole night, my soul has writhed,
The whole night, my soul has writhed,
Not a moment of peace, my heart is troubled.

Seeing the moonlight, my heart is enticed,
A princess arrives, a princess arrives.
Cool breezes blow through the honeyed groves,
Cool breezes blow through the honeyed groves,
My heart yearns, my soul is troubled.

The whole world sleeps, yet sleep finds me not,
These eyes yearn, when shall my beloved appear?
Seeing the moonlight, my heart is enticed, remembering you,
Seeing the moonlight, remembering you,
Restless am I, without him, my love,
Restless am I, without him, my love,
Evening falls, yet he does not return home, my soul is troubled.
How shall I pass the night?
Oh Ram, sleep evades me.