ae kale badal bol ae kale badal bol
tu kyu itrata hai tu kyu itrata hai
ye piya ke ghar se aaj
ye piya ke ghar se aaj kuch pikar aata hai
ae kale badal bol ae kale badal bol

ye chaal teri matwali
ye chaal teri matwali jaise phulo ki dali
bhar bhar ker madh ki pyali
bhar bhar ker madh ki pyali tu kyu tarsata hai
ye piya ke ghar se aaj kuch pikar aata hai
ae kale badal bol ae kale badal bol

kaliyo ne li angdai
kaliyo ne li angdai bulbul ne taan lagai
ye mausam sajan ki
ye mausam sajan ki kyu yaad dilata hai
ye piya ke ghar se aaj kuch pikar aata hai
ae kale badal bol ae kale badal bol

shayad sajan ne bulaya
shayad sajan ne bulaya
sawan lene ko aaya sawan lene ko aaya
jara chupke chupake chal
o zara chupke chupake chal
kyo dhol bajaata hai
ye piya ke ghar se aaj kuch pikar aata hai
ae kale badal bol ae kale badal bol

O dark cloud, speak, O dark cloud, speak,
Why do you swagger, why do you preen?
From the Beloved's home today,
From the Beloved's home today, you drink and glean.
O dark cloud, speak, O dark cloud, speak.

Your gait, intoxicated and free,
Your gait, intoxicated and free, like blossoms on a tree,
Filling the cups with nectar's decree,
Filling the cups with nectar's decree, why do you tease?
From the Beloved's home today, you drink and appease.
O dark cloud, speak, O dark cloud, speak.

The buds have stretched and sighed,
The buds have stretched and sighed, the nightingale's song, applied,
This season of the lover's tide,
This season of the lover's tide, why does it remind?
From the Beloved's home today, you drink and unwind.
O dark cloud, speak, O dark cloud, speak.

Perhaps the Beloved has called,
Perhaps the Beloved has called,
To bring the monsoon's thrall, to bring the monsoon's thrall,
Go softly, secretly, go softly, secretly,
Why do you drum your call?
From the Beloved's home today, you drink and enthrall.
O dark cloud, speak, O dark cloud, speak.