My anklets wail, a riot of sound,
My anklets wail, the whole world around.
My anklets wail, a clamor unbound,
The village knows, the secret is found,
I've climbed, I've climbed,
To beloved's high balcony.
Oh, my anklets wail, a riot of sound,
My anklets wail, the whole world around.
The village knows, the secret is found,
I've climbed, I've climbed,
To beloved's high balcony.
Ah, my heart, my heart, my heart!
A thousand oaths I swallowed, they say,
When love's saffron shawl did enfold my way.
A thousand oaths I swallowed, they say,
When love's saffron shawl did enfold my way.
Speak not to another, not a word,
Seal your lips, never to be heard.
Speak not to another, not a word,
Seal your lips, never to be heard.
But alas, my earrings, their secrets betrayed,
They could not be silenced, their whispers were played.
The village knows, the secret is found,
I've climbed, I've climbed,
To beloved's high balcony.
Ah, my heart, my heart, my heart!
A thousand excuses I spun from my tongue,
My love, he wouldn’t yield, to him I clung.
A thousand excuses I spun from my tongue,
My love, he wouldn’t yield, to him I clung.
As lips met, my body began to shake,
I fled, tearing the shawl that I did take.
But alas, my shawl, it slips from my hold,
My youth it is proud, a story unfolds.
The village knows, the secret is found,
I've climbed, I've climbed,
To beloved's high balcony.
Ah, my heart, my heart, my heart!
A thousand oaths I swallowed, they say,
When love's saffron shawl did enfold my way.
A thousand oaths I swallowed, they say,
When love's saffron shawl did enfold my way.
Speak not to another, not a word,
Seal your lips, never to be heard.
Speak not to another, not a word,
Seal your lips, never to be heard.
But alas, my earrings, their secrets betrayed,
They could not be silenced, their whispers were played.
The village knows, the secret is found,
I've climbed, I've climbed,
To beloved's high balcony.
Ah, my heart, my heart, my heart!
Sleep from my eyes has vanished away,
My forehead's jewel lost on the bed where I lay.
Sleep from my eyes has vanished away,
My forehead's jewel lost on the bed where I lay.
I gazed in the mirror, so shy and so meek,
Beloved's image, his memory I seek.
Then, alas, my heart, it thumps in my breast,
Beloved's fragrance, upon my skin it pressed.
The village knows, the secret is found,
I've climbed, I've climbed,
To beloved's high balcony.
Ah, my heart, my heart, my heart!
My anklets wail, a riot of sound,
My anklets wail, the whole world around.
The village knows, the secret is found,
I've climbed, I've climbed,
To beloved's high balcony.
Ah, my heart, my heart, my heart, my heart!
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