tere baba tere baba pardesh gaye dur desh gaye
unka aaya hai sandesh vo aane vale hai
tere baba tere baba pardesh gaye dur desh gaye
unka aaya hai sandesh vo aane vale hai
tere baba

vo manaye hum na mane tu bhi ruthe main bhi ruthu
main bhi ruthu
vo aaye to aa jaye to yu bhi punchhe main bhi punchhu
main bhi punchhu
kyun laga ke man ko thes gaye
kyun laga ke man ko thes gaye dur desh gaye
unka aaya hai sandesh vo aane vale hai
tere baba

badal gam ke is aangan pe ma ke man pe phir na chhaye
phir na chhaye
chup na rahana bhar ke naina unse kahana phir na jaye
phir na jaye
jane kitne sandesh gaye
jane kitne sandesh gaye dur desh gaye
unka aaya hai sandesh vo aane vale hai
tere baba

Your father, your father, to lands far away,
To distant shores, he journeyed and stayed.
A message arrives, a promise he sends,
That soon he'll return, and the waiting will end.
Your father.

We might grieve, we might refuse to believe,
You might be sad, I might start to weep.
When he returns, when at last he's here,
You might ask, and I'll ask, holding back a tear.
Why leave us, why the pain,
Why to distant shores did you remain?
A message arrives, a promise he sends,
That soon he'll return, and the waiting will end.
Your father.

Let the clouds of sorrow depart,
From our mother's heart, and from this home's art.
Don't be silent, let your eyes be bright,
Tell him, promise him, he will not take flight.
How many messages have gone?
How many messages to lands unknown?
A message arrives, a promise he sends,
That soon he'll return, and the waiting will end.
Your father.