naani teri morni ko mor le gaye
baki jo bacha tha kaale chor le gaye
naani teri morni ko mor le gaye
baki jo bacha tha kaale chor le gaye

khake pike mote hoke, chor baithe rel me
choro walaa dbba kat kar, pahuncha sidhe jail me
khake pike mote hoke, chor baithe rel me
choro walaa dbba kat kar, pahuncha sidhe jail me
naani teri morni ko mor le gaye
baki jo bacha tha kaale chor le gaye

un choro ki khub khabar li, mote thanedaar ne
moro ko bhi khub nachaya, jungle ki sarkaar ne
un choro ki khub khabar li, mote thanedaar ne
moro ko bhi khub nachaya, jungle ki sarkaar ne
naani teri morni ko mor le gaye
baki jo bacha tha kaale chor le gaye

acchi naani pyari naani, rusa rusi chhod de
jaldi se ek paisa de de, tu kanjusi chhod de
acchi naani pyari naani, rusa rusi chhod de
jaldi se ek paisa de de, tu kanjusi chhod de
naani teri morni ko mor le gaye
baki jo bacha tha kaale chor le gaye
naani teri morni ko mor le gaye
baki jo bacha tha kaale chor le gaye

Your grandmother's peahen, the peacocks have flown,
What remained, the dark thieves have known.
Your grandmother's peahen, the peacocks have flown,
What remained, the dark thieves have known.

Feasting, growing fat, the thieves board the train,
Their carriage severed, to prison they’re chained.
Feasting, growing fat, the thieves board the train,
Their carriage severed, to prison they’re chained.
Your grandmother's peahen, the peacocks have flown,
What remained, the dark thieves have known.

Those thieves were then questioned, by the stout constabulary,
The peacocks were made to dance, by the forest's decree.
Those thieves were then questioned, by the stout constabulary,
The peacocks were made to dance, by the forest's decree.
Your grandmother's peahen, the peacocks have flown,
What remained, the dark thieves have known.

Kind grandmother, dear grandmother, let your sulks now cease,
Quick, give a coin now, let your stinginess release.
Kind grandmother, dear grandmother, let your sulks now cease,
Quick, give a coin now, let your stinginess release.
Your grandmother's peahen, the peacocks have flown,
What remained, the dark thieves have known.
Your grandmother's peahen, the peacocks have flown,
What remained, the dark thieves have known.