ye nir kaha se barse hai
ye badri kaha se aayi hai
ye nir kaha se barse hai
ye badri kaha se aayi hai
ye badri kaha se aayi hai

gehare gehare nale
gehara gehara pani re
gehare gehare nale
gehara pani re
gehare man ki chah anjani re
jag ki bhul-bulaiya me
jag ki bhul-bulaiya me
kunj koi boraayi hai
ye badri kaha se aayi hai

chido ke sang aahe bhar li
chido ke sang aahe bhar li
aag chanar ki mang me dhar li
bujh na paye re bujh na paye re
bujh na paye re raakh mein bhi jo
aisi agan lagai hai
ye badri kaha se aayi hai

panchhi pagle kaha ghar tera
panchhi pagle kaha ghar tera
bhul na jaiyo apna basera re
koyal bhul gayi jo ghar
koyal bhul gayi jo ghar
wo laut ke phir kab aayi hai
wo laut ke phir kab aayi hai
ye nir kaha se barse hai
ye badri kaha se aayi hai

From what wellspring does this water pour?
From what cloud does this tempest soar?
From what wellspring does this water pour?
From what cloud does this tempest soar?
From what cloud does this tempest soar?

Deep, deep the streamlets flow,
Deep, deep the waters go.
Deep, deep the streamlets flow,
Deep the waters go.
In the deep heart's unknown desire,
Lost in the world's maze of fire,
A lone crane, gone quite mad,
From what cloud does this tempest clad?

With the pines, sighs entwined,
Fire in the chinar's parting, defined.
Never quenched, never subdued,
Never quenched, even in ash imbued,
Such a flame it did confide.
From what wellspring does this water glide?

O, mad bird, where is your home?
O, mad bird, where do you roam?
Forget not your dwelling's dome.
When the cuckoo forgets its nest,
When the cuckoo forgets its nest,
Does it ever return to rest?
Does it ever return to rest?
From what wellspring does this water pour?
From what cloud does this tempest soar?