krishna o kale krishna
krishna o kale krishna
tune ye kya kiya kaisa badla liya
rang deke mujhe apna
krishna o kale krishna
tune ye kya kiya kaisa badla liya
rang deke mujhe apna
krishna o kale krishna

pooje sabhi kale bhagwan ko
or thukraye sab kale insan ko
pooje sabhi kale bhagwan ko
or thukraye sab kale insan ko
bansi ki dhun me magan tu rahe
bansi ki dhun me magan tu rahe
tujhko kya julm jo koi lakho sahe
krishna o kale krishna
tune ye kya kiya kaisa badla liya
rang deke mujhe apna
krishna o kale krishna

surat to kali chupa na saku
kitna ujala hai dil ye dikha na saku
surat to kali chupa na saku
kitna ujala hai dil ye dikha na saku
dil mujhko acha diya tha agar
dil mujhko acha diya tha agar
kyu na di tune dunia ko achi najar
krishna o kale krishna
tune ye kya kiya kaisa badla liya
rang deke mujhe apna
krishna o kale krishna

Krishna, O Dark Krishna,
Krishna, O Dark Krishna,
What have you done, how did you take your due?
Staining me now in hues of you,
Krishna, O Dark Krishna,
What have you done, how did you take your due?
Staining me now in hues of you,
Krishna, O Dark Krishna.

All worship the dark God,
Yet scorn the dark of man's abode.
All worship the dark God,
Yet scorn the dark of man's abode.
Lost in the flute's sweet call you stay,
Lost in the flute's sweet call you stay,
Unmoved by pain that mortals pay.
Krishna, O Dark Krishna,
What have you done, how did you take your due?
Staining me now in hues of you,
Krishna, O Dark Krishna.

My darkness of form I cannot hide,
The lightness of heart, cannot confide.
My darkness of form I cannot hide,
The lightness of heart, cannot confide.

If a good heart you chose to impart,
If a good heart you chose to impart,
Why did you not grant the world a kinder start?
Krishna, O Dark Krishna,
What have you done, how did you take your due?
Staining me now in hues of you,
Krishna, O Dark Krishna.