shikari, shikari
sundarta ke sabhi shikari
sundarta ke sabhi shikari
koi nahi hai pujari
koi nahi hai pujari
sundarta ke sabhi shikari

mahal-domahalo bich khadi
koi chandrakiran si nari chal se bal se
chal se bal se tan-man-joban
lute haay shikari
sundarta ke sabhi shikari
sundarta ke sabhi shikari

baag-bagicho khili kali
to aya wahi shikari
dekh-dekh ji bhara na uska
chun li kaliyan sari
sundarta ke sabhi shikari
sundarta ke sabhi shikari

ban-upaban me sundar hirani
daud-daud kr hari
dekh ke kanchan kaya uski
pichhe pada shikari
sundarta ke sabhi shikari
sundarta ke sabhi shikari

Hunters, hunters, all of them,
hunters of beauty's gleam.
None are priests, none hold the sacred,
all are hunters of beauty's dream.

'Twixt palace walls, a woman stands,
a moonbeam fair, a siren's hand.
By guile, by force, her form is seized,
her body, soul, by hunters banned.
Hunters of beauty's gleam.
Hunters of beauty's dream.

In gardens bloomed, a tender bud,
the hunter came, with lust imbued.
He gazed and gazed, his fill not made,
he plucked the blossoms, understood.
Hunters of beauty's gleam.
Hunters of beauty's dream.

In forests deep, a deer so bright,
chased and weary, lost to light.
Her golden form, the hunter's prize,
the chase begins, with all his might.
Hunters of beauty's gleam.
Hunters of beauty's dream.