ik bagiyaa me.n rahatii hai ik mainaa
%(there is a canary living in a garden)

puuchhatii hai ki bolo kyaa hai kahanaa
%(it asks that say what is there to say)

meraa ra.ng hasii.n hai kyaa
%(is my color beautiful)

meraa a.ng hasii.n hai kyaa
%(are my limbs beautiful)

kabhii puuchhe to meraa javaab yahii hogaa
%(if she asks sometime what will my answer be)


ek hai raasataa raste me.n gaa.Dii gaa.Dii me.n hai la.Dakii
%(there is one path, there is a vehicle on the path, there is a girl in the vehicle)

mai.nne jo puuchhaa r.ang saa.Dii kaa vo bolii dhanak jaisaa
%(when i asked what is the color of your saari, she said that it is like evening sky)

rimajhim barase jalatii-tapatii dharatii pe jo kabhii paanii
%(when the water showers on the burning, hot land sometime)

uThe dharatii se sau.ndhii-sau.ndhii Kushbu_o.N kii dhanake.n suhaanii
%(the rainbows of sweet smell of soil rise from the land)

jhuume jaa jhuume jaa zi.ndagii ke phal ko_ii pyaar se chakhe to miiThe hai.n
%(swing, swing, if somebody tastes the fruits of life, with love, then it is sweet)

jhuume jaa jhuume jaa pa.nchhiyo.n ke sur ko_ii dhyaan se sune to miiThe hai.n
%(swing, swing, if somebody listens to the sound of birds, paying attention, then it is sweet)

kaano.n me.n hai.n mere saarii duniyaa ki aavaaze.n
%(in my ears are there the sounds of the entire world)

unase banii tasviire.n ka_ii
%(several photos are formed from them)

jhuume jaa jhume jaa raahii tuu jhuume jaa bhuul jaa pareshaaniyaa.N
%(swing, swing, o traveller, you swing, forget the difficulties)


jhuume jaa jhuume jaa jab tak hai jiivan me.n ye sardii-garmii ye havaa
%(swing, swing, as long as there is this winter, summer and this air in the life)

jhuume jaa jhuume jaa duniyaa me.n har dil ko hai giit ko_ii to milaa
%(swing, swing, every heart in this world has got some song, at least)

giito.n me.n hai.n jinake pyaare sapano.n kii duniyaaye.n
%(there are the worlds of lovely dreams in the songs of whom)

unako milatii hai raahe.n na_ii
%(those receive new pathways)

jhuume jaa jhuume jaa baadal jo hai garajaa dil pe banii parachhaa_iyaa.N
%(swing, swing, because cloud has thundered making shadows on the heart)