yaad piya ki aaye
yaad piya ki aaye
aaye re aaye re yaad, yaad piya ki aaye
ye dukh saha na jaye ram, haye ram
yaad piya ki aaye aa
bairi koyaliya kuk sunaye re raam
ha bairi koyaliya kuk sunaye ram
bairi koyali, kuk kuk sunaye
kuk sunaye, kuk sunaye kuk kuk
bairi koyaliya haye kuk sunaye
mujh birhan ka jiyara jalaaye
ha pi bin raha na jaye ram, haye raam
yaad piya ki aaye haye ram
yaad piya ki aaye

baali umariya suni re sejariya re
baali umariya, baali umariya
baali umariya baali
baali, baali umariya re
baali umariya baali
baali umariya
hans mire sajaniya re
baali umariya suni re sejariya
chauban beeton jaye raam, haye raam
yaad piya ki aaye, yaad piya ki aaye
re ye dukh saha na jaye ram, haye raam
yaad piya ki aaye, haye raam
yaad piya ki aaye

The Beloved’s thought, it comes, it comes,
A memory of the Beloved, it comes.
This sorrow, unbearable, O Ram, alas, Ram!
The Beloved’s thought, it comes.

The enemy cuckoo calls its song, O Ram,
Yes, the enemy cuckoo calls its song, O Ram.
Enemy cuckoo, coo, coo, it sings,
It sings, it sings, coo, coo it sings.
The enemy cuckoo, alas, it sings,
And burns my lonely heart to ash.
Without the Beloved, I cannot live, O Ram, alas, Ram!
The Beloved’s thought, alas, Ram!
The Beloved’s thought, it comes.

My youthful years, an empty bed, alas,
My youthful years, my youthful years,
My youthful years,
Young, young, my youthful years,
Young, youthful years.
Young, youthful years,
Smile, my Beloved, alas.
My youthful years, an empty bed.
The bloom of youth, it fades, O Ram, alas, Ram!
The Beloved’s thought, the Beloved’s thought, it comes.
This sorrow, unbearable, O Ram, alas, Ram!
The Beloved’s thought, alas, Ram!
The Beloved’s thought, it comes.