chha rahi kali ghataye mora jiya lahraye
chha rahi kali ghataye mora jiya lahraye
lahraye jiya mora lahraye
chha rahi kali ghataye mora jiya lahraye
chha rahi kali ghataye
tumre koyal babri tu kyun malhar gaaye
jiya mora lahraye chha rahi kali ghataye

papiha idhar main ji raha tha dard
are papiha idhar main ji raha tha dard
aam par kyun jam raha main to aisi garj hun
fark itna hai ke usme rakt hai
mujhme haye hai sah nahi
chha rahi kali ghataye jiya mora
jiya mora jiya mora jiya mora lahraye
chha rahi kali ghataye

ae papiha
ae papiha tu khuda ke vaste chup ho ja jara
jara jara hay
ae papiha tu khuda ke vaste chup ho ja jara
raat aadhi ho chuki hai ab tujhe kya ho gaya
teri chi chi se papiha pi mujhe yad aaye
chha rahi kali ghataye jiya mora

teri pi pi teri pi pi ho teri pi pi
papiha mujhe yad aaye hay
chha rahi kali ghataye jiya mora lahraye
chha rahi kali ghataye

muddato muddato
dhundha piya ko maine kar gam ka khel
muddato dhundha piya ko maine kar gam ka khel
na to maine unko paya aur na paya unka desh
na to maine unko paya aur na paya unka desh
log kahte hai ke log kahte hai ke
dhundhane se khuda mil jaye hai
chha rahi kali ghataye mora jiya lahraye
chha rahi kali ghataye

Dark clouds gather, my soul starts to sway,
Dark clouds gather, my soul starts to sway,
Sway, my soul, sway,
Dark clouds gather, my soul starts to sway,
Dark clouds gather.
Why, mad cuckoo, do you sing the monsoon's plea?
My soul starts to sway, dark clouds gather.

O, cuckoo, I lived through pain here,
O, cuckoo, I lived through pain here,
Why cling to the mango tree, I also have a need,
The only difference is, in you, blood,
In me, a heart that can't bear it,
Dark clouds gather, my soul,
My soul, my soul, my soul sways,
Dark clouds gather.

Oh, cuckoo,
Oh, cuckoo, for God's sake, be silent for a while,
For a while, alas,
Oh, cuckoo, for God's sake, be silent for a while,
Midnight has passed, what has come over you?
Your cries, O cuckoo, remind me of my love,
Dark clouds gather, my soul.

Your notes, your notes, your notes,
Cuckoo, you remind me of my love, alas,
Dark clouds gather, my soul sways,
Dark clouds gather.

For ages, for ages,
I searched for my love, playing the game of sorrow,
For ages I searched for my love, playing the game of sorrow,
Neither did I find them, nor find their land,
Neither did I find them, nor find their land,
People say, people say,
That God is found through searching,
Dark clouds gather, my soul sways,
Dark clouds gather.