suno kalkatte ki kalavati main
ha kalkatte ki kalavati main sabko nachaau ungali pe
har koi mujhpe fida hai lekin main hu fida ek jangali pe
kalkatte ki kalavati main

aaj hai mere husn ka charcha galiyo me chaubaro me
roz hai mera photo chhapta duniya ke akhbaro me
phir bhi koi jhak raha hai, phir bhi koi jhak raha hai
mujhko apni kambli se
kalkatte ki kalavati main sabko nachau ungali pe
kalkatte ki kalavati main

meri najriya utar na payi sach kahti hu juth nahi
mori chunariya muft na pakdo machi hui koi lut nahi
bach rahi hu bachi rahungi, bach rahi hu bachi rahungi
choro ki is mandli se
kalkatte ki kalavati main sabko nachau ungali pe
kalkatte ki kalavati main

kahat kabira ho ho ho
kahat kabira kalavati se dil ko lagana khel nahi
isliye to rahi kavari hua kisi se mel nahi
aur kisi se dar nahi lagta, aur kisi se dar nahi lagta
darti hu main imli se
kalkatte ki kalavati main sabko nachau ungali pe
har koi mujhpe fida hai lekin main hu fida ek jangali pe
kalkatte ki kalavati main

Listen, Kalavati of Calcutta, I,
Yes, Kalavati of Calcutta, I make them dance on a finger's tip.
All are enamored by me, yet I am smitten by a wild one.
Kalavati of Calcutta, I.

Today, my beauty's a whisper in every lane, every courtyard,
My photograph, a daily print in the world's broadsheets.
Yet someone still peers, still peers,
from the cover of his own shawl.
Kalavati of Calcutta, I make them dance on a finger's tip.
Kalavati of Calcutta, I.

My gaze cannot fathom, I speak truth, no lie,
Don't grasp my veil for free, there's no plunder here.
I'm escaping, I'll keep escaping, I'll keep escaping,
from this thief's company.
Kalavati of Calcutta, I make them dance on a finger's tip.
Kalavati of Calcutta, I.

Kabira says, ho ho ho,
Kabira says to Kalavati, to love is no game.
That's why I remain unwed, no union's been made.
And I fear no other, fear no other,
I fear the tamarind.
Kalavati of Calcutta, I make them dance on a finger's tip.
All are enamored by me, yet I am smitten by a wild one.
Kalavati of Calcutta, I.