jab tak bhukh na lage pashu
nahi re kisi ko satate
tum to shauk ke mare goli
niradosho pe barsate
jungle ke nirdosh pashu
o kya jane insaf
jine ka adhikar sabhi ko
jag me ek saman
hamara safed hathi safed hathi
hamara safed hathi safed hathi

Until hunger claws, the beast refrains,
No innocent life it stains.
But you, with sport as your cruel guide,
Rain bullets where the guiltless hide.

The forest's gentle, blameless ones,
Oh, what justice has life spun?
The right to breathe, for all the same,
A shared inheritance in creation's game.

Our white elephant, a spirit's gleam,
Our white elephant, a waking dream.