mai.n ye nahii.n kahatii ki pyaar mat karna I won't tell you not to love
kisii musaafir ka magar etabaar mat karna some traveller, but don't trust one.
Chorus:
pardesii pardesii jaana nahi.n mujhe chhoDke Foreigner, foreigner, don't go and leave me.
pardesii mere yaara, vaada nibhaana Foreigner, my friend, keep your promise!
mujhe yaad rakhna kahii.n bhuul na jaana Remember me, don't forget somehow!
mai.n ne tum ko chaaha tumse pyaar kiya I desired you, I fell in love with you.
sub kuchh tum pe yaar apna vaar diya I offered you everything I have, my friend.
ban gaii jogan, mai.n ne priit ka jog liya I became a (female) ascetic, I undertook the disciplines of love.
na socha na samjha, dil ka rog liya I neither thought nor understood; I contracted an illness of the heart.
pardesii mere yaara lauT ke aana Foreigner, my friend, return!
Tum yaad rakhna, kahii.n bhuul na jaana Remember me, don't forget somehow!
Chorus
har phal merii yaad tumhe.n taDapaa'egi Every moment the memory of me will make you toss and turn.
mai.n jaguu.nga nii.nd tumhe.n na aa'egii I'll stay awake, and sleep will not come to you.
chhoD ke aise haal me.n jo tum jaa'oge Such is the state you will go and leave us in!
sach kahata huu.n jaan bahut pachhtaa'oge I speak the truth, love; you will regret it greatly.
pardesii mere yaara, mujhe na rulaana Foreigner, my friend, don't make me cry!
tum yaad rakhna kahii.n bhuul na jaana Remember me, don't forget somehow!
Chorus
pardesi mere yaara vaada nibhana Foreigner, my friend, keep your promise -
mujhe yaad rakhna kahii.n bhuul na jaana remember me, don't somehow forget!