jaaunga main kade hor ki mulakaata hondi
je honda main changa chor
peech me raat hondi
jaaunga jhuth menu kahna
taamki pada aisi rahna
hijaba waliye
karachi waliye, karachi waliye
karachi waliye

kuch khali tere ander si
te shayad mere vi
ek paase kha shah si khadiye
te duje hatha si
ni hatha teriyaan si nede meri dur
ki karda main si majbur
mijaja waliye
karachi waliye, ho thande shah waliye
rukhe walo waliye, karachi waliye
thoda kasur si mera, thoda si tera kasur
par daso dil utthe kive jeet sakda
jithe rahdiye namttava tu

tu tuddi si, rakh di di
bujh di si, mach di si
chakh di si, kar di si
galla muh dilo or

main tak da si raah kad
tak da si daah kad, kad fad da si baah
teri ankhiya si chor

assa laai ek saan kudiye
vena kanna cheri haloniya
vadi kanda waliye
karachi waliye, ho thande shah waliye
rukhe walo waliye, karachi waliye
karachi waliye, ho thande shah waliye
rukhe walo waliye, karachi waliye
karachi waliye, karachi waliye
karachi waliye, karachi waliye

I would have gone, met elsewhere,
If I were a better thief,
And the night were in between.
I would have lied, I would have said,
But the curtain must remain,
Oh veiled one,
Karachi's one, Karachi's one,
Karachi's one.

Something empty was inside you,
And perhaps in me as well.
On one side, a king was standing,
And on the other, your hands.
Your hands were near, mine so far,
What could I do, forced by fate?
Oh, the temperamental one,
Karachi's one, oh, the cold king's one,
The dry-haired one, Karachi's one.
A little fault was mine, a little yours,
But tell me, how can the heart win,
Where you, the salt, reside?

You were a fragment, you would keep,
You would extinguish, you would ignite,
You would taste, you would do,
Things from mouth, heart, and more.
I would watch the path, when,
I would watch the dawn, when, would I hold your hand?
Your eyes were thieves.

For us, a punishment, girl,
The winds of the sea, the waves call,
Oh, the high-walled one,
Karachi's one, oh, the cold king's one,
The dry-haired one, Karachi's one,
Karachi's one, oh, the cold king's one,
The dry-haired one, Karachi's one,
Karachi's one, Karachi's one,
Karachi's one, Karachi's one.