are
ho suna tha kanhaiya
suna tha kanhaiya ki teri bansuri
hai jadu bhari
are main bhi to jara dekhu
ha ha main bhi to jara dekhu
banati hai ye kaise mujhe bawari
kaise mujhe bawari
suna tha kanhaiya

baja baja kar murli
tune kiya hai brij ko pagal
brij ko pagal
suna suna kar taan
gopiyo ka le bhage aanchal
bhage aanchal
raag rang ke din wo ab
to bit gaye murlidhar
raag rang ke din wo ab
to bit gaye murlidhar
aao ab girdhari
aao ab girdhari
sambhalo apna pitambar
sambhalo apna pitambar
haar gaye nari se kaise murari
tana ye degi nagri ho
tana ye degi nagri
suna tha kanhaiya, haye re
teri bansuri, haye haye
hai jadu bhari
are main bhi to jara dekhu
ha main bhi to jara dekhu
banati hai ye kaise mujhe bawari
kaise mujhe bawari
suna tha kanhaiya

haye re kanhaiya
are ha ha ha ha ha
are ha ha ha ha ha
lakh baar tum dukhiyaro ke
pran bachane dhaye, bachane dhaye
are aaj sochlo aan tumhari
samne ye lut jaye
na ye lut jaye
raat aur din sada yaha par
ek nahi hote hai
raat aur din sada yaha par
ek nahi hote hai
baar baar hansne wale
baar baar hansne wale
bhi kabhi kabhi rote hai
yaha kabhi kabhi rote hai
are kahta hai jag sara
jo haye garje
barse nahi wo badri
barse nahi wo badri
suna tha kanhaiya, maine
teri bansuri, haye haye
hai jadu bhari
are main bhi to jara dekhu
ha main bhi to jara dekhu
banati hai ye kaise mujhe bawari
kaise mujhe bawari
suna tha kanhaiya

Oh,
They say, Kanha,
They say your flute, oh,
Is woven with magic,
Oh, I too yearn to see,
Yes, yes, I too yearn to see,
How it unravels me, makes me wild,
Makes me wild,
They say, Kanha.

Playing and playing your flute,
You've driven Braj to madness,
Braj to madness,
With your melodies spun,
Stole the gopis' veils away,
Veils away,
Those days of revelry,
Have now passed, Murli-bearer,
Those days of revelry,
Have now passed, Murli-bearer,
Come now, Giridhari,
Hold your yellow robes close,
How did you lose to women, Murari?
The town will scorn you so,
They say, Kanha, alas,
Your flute, alas, alas,
Is woven with magic,
Oh, I too yearn to see,
Yes, I too yearn to see,
How it unravels me, makes me wild,
Makes me wild,
They say, Kanha.

Alas, Kanha,
Oh yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,
Oh yes, yes, yes, yes, yes,
A thousand times you saved
The lives of the suffering, saved them,
Oh, consider your honor now,
Lest it be plundered before you,
Lest it be plundered,
Here, night and day,
Are never the same,
Here, night and day,
Are never the same,
Those who laugh often,
Those who laugh often,
Sometimes weep too,
Sometimes weep here,
Oh, the world says,
That which thunders so,
Will not rain, the clouds,
They say, Kanha, I have heard,
Your flute, alas, alas,
Is woven with magic,
Oh, I too yearn to see,
Yes, I too yearn to see,
How it unravels me, makes me wild,
Makes me wild,
They say, Kanha.