jama-kapor, table-chair, porar boi-khata,
sheet-er bhorer halka aloy abc(hh)aya Kolkata,
ratri-belar shopno ar dupur-belar ghum,
mishti kichu bishonnota - ekanto nijjhum,
ghasher opor kath-berali, mathar opor chhad,
mape mape shirir dhape jirno oboshad -
jamon ache temni thakuk, onno kichu chai na,
onno kichu pai ba na pai - ektuku bhoy pai na.
sheet-er bhorer halka aloy abc(hh)aya Kolkata,
ratri-belar shopno ar dupur-belar ghum,
mishti kichu bishonnota - ekanto nijjhum,
ghasher opor kath-berali, mathar opor chhad,
mape mape shirir dhape jirno oboshad -
jamon ache temni thakuk, onno kichu chai na,
onno kichu pai ba na pai - ektuku bhoy pai na.