1: milan
nav madirā, jaisī an-chakhī nav madirā
jaisī an-gīṅdhā mūrtī
jāne kiskī milan rāt par
chamkegī ye ban-jyotī, ā ā ā
kaun ho tum, kaun ho -2
kaun ho
kavi kī madhur kalpnā ho tum
yā gāyak kī madhurim tān
yā saritā jal kī taraṅg ho
arun kamal kī madhu muskān
kaun ho tum, kaun ho -2
kaun ho
ṝtu basaṅt kī prtham kalī ho
sāvan kī pahlī barsāt
yā chir virhī do hṛdyoṅ ke
madhur milan kī pahlī rāt
kaun ho tum, kaun ho -2
kaun ho
prṇay gīt kī prtham paṅkti ho
yā manu kī pahlī saṅtān
nav yauvan kī prtham dṛśhṭī ho
naynoṅ kī pahlī pahchān
kaun ho tum, kaun ho -2
kaun ho
2: virah
kaun ho tum, kaun ho, o o, ā ā ā
kaun ho tum, kaun ho -2
kaun ho
(tum aśhādh kī prtham ghaṭā ho
yā pahlā bijlī kā bān) -2
yā rimjhim pahlī puhār kī -2
virhī nayan kī aśhru samān
kaun ho tum, kaun ho -2
kaun ho
vikal siṅdhu meṅ karuṇ biṅdu ho -2
ghan ghūṇghaṭ meṅ iṅdu samān
mūk hṛday kī chhupī hūk ho -2
dukhī jagat ke kampit prāṇ
kaun ho tum, kaun ho -2
kaun ho