aapas ki phut se baar baar badli rajdhani hai
dil ko dehlane wali ye delhi ki kahani hai
dil ko dehlane wali ye delhi ki kahani hai

is dharti par likha hua itihash purana hai
iske kan kan me pahna ke kesariya bana hai
tum sab iski santan bhulkar aapas ka apman
aaj dene tan ka balidan utho ghadiya tufani hai
dil ko dehlane wali ye delhi ki kahani hai
dil ko dehlane wali ye delhi ki kahani hai

panch hajar baaras pahle korav pandav aabad yaha
ho gaye sabhi baarbad yaha kaal ka ghuma chakkar
mar gaye bade bade samrat
dhul me mili khun se banke bhul un sabki jawani hai
dil ko dehlane wali ye delhi ki kahani hai
dil ko dehlane wali ye delhi ki kahani hai

jago jago jago jago aaj karodo prano
ki hunkar pukare jago aaj tumhe randevi
ki talwar pukare chhod do shabdo ka shingar
chhod do vani ki jhankar hath me lo ab katar
aaj duniya dekhe is tan me khun hai ya ke pani hai
dil ko dehlane wali ye delhi ki kahani hai
aapas ki phut se baar baar badli rajdhani hai
dil ko dehlane wali ye delhi ki kahani hai
dil ko dehlane wali ye delhi ki kahani hai

A capital, reshaped by a fractured heart,
This Delhi's tale, a tremor in the start.
A Delhi tale, a tremor in the heart.

Upon this land, an ancient history sleeps,
Each grain imbued, saffron's glory it keeps.
Children of earth, forget the spite you hold,
For sacrifice, a tempest now unfolds.
A Delhi tale, a tremor in the heart.
A Delhi tale, a tremor in the heart.

Five thousand years, Kauravas, Pandavas thrived,
Then ruin came, where all their hopes survived,
A turning wheel, by time's decree spun,
Great emperors fell, their battles undone,
Dust to dust, their youthful valor gone.
A Delhi tale, a tremor in the heart.
A Delhi tale, a tremor in the heart.

Awake, awake, a million souls now call,
The war goddess beckons, answering the thrall,
Leave rhetoric, let eloquence depart,
The blade now grasped, a brand upon the heart.
The world will see, blood or water's flow,
This Delhi tale, its depths begin to show.
A capital, reshaped by a fractured heart,
This Delhi's tale, a tremor in the start.
A Delhi tale, a tremor in the heart.