more kanhaa jo aaye palat ke
abki holi main khelungi dat ke
more kanhaa jo aaye palat ke
abki holi main khelungi dat ke

unke pichhe se chupke se jaake
unke pichhe se chupke se jaake
ye gulaal apne tan pe laga ke
ye gulaal apne tan pe laga ke
rang dungi unhen main lipat ke
rang dungi unhen main lipat ke
abki holi main khelungi dat ke
more kanhaa jo aaye palat ke
abki holi main khelungi dat ke

ki unhonne agar jora-jori
ki unhonne agar jora-jori
jora-jori jora-jori
ki unhonne agar jora-jori
ki unhonne agar jora-jori
chhini pichkari bainyan marori
chhini pichkari bainyan marori
gariyan maine rakhi hain rat ke
gariyan maine rakhi hain rat ke
abki holi main khelungi dat ke
more kanhaa jo aaye palat ke
abki holi main khelungi dat ke
abki holi main khelungi dat ke
abki holi main khelungi dat ke

If my Krishna returns, face turned to me,
This Holi, I’ll play with fierce glee.
If my Krishna returns, face turned to me,
This Holi, I’ll play with fierce glee.

Silently, I’ll sneak up from behind,
Silently, I’ll sneak up from behind,
And with this crimson, on my skin defined,
And with this crimson, on my skin defined,
I'll stain him, embracing, intertwined.
I'll stain him, embracing, intertwined.
This Holi, I’ll play with fierce glee.
If my Krishna returns, face turned to me,
This Holi, I’ll play with fierce glee.

If he dares to tease, with playful might,
If he dares to tease, with playful might,
Tease, tease, tease, with playful might,
If he dares to tease, with playful might,
If he dares to tease, with playful might,
I'll seize his pichkari, with all my fight,
I'll seize his pichkari, with all my fight,
And hold the rebukes I've learned by rote,
And hold the rebukes I've learned by rote,
This Holi, I’ll play with fierce glee.
If my Krishna returns, face turned to me,
This Holi, I’ll play with fierce glee.
This Holi, I’ll play with fierce glee.
This Holi, I’ll play with fierce glee.