he bhagwan kaha hai
bhagwan, bhagwan
insan ne insan pe kya julm kiya hai
apna hi lahu tha jise hans hans ke piya hai
bichhade hue maao se ye aankho ke ujale
bichhade hue maao se ye aankho ke ujale
jhule se nikl kar hue kanto ke hawale
bhagwan, bhagwan

is desh ki vo deviyan nangi hui tan se
uth uth ke nikalti thi jo suraj ke kiran se
mandir me na bhakti hai, na masjid me ada hai
aawaz de soye hue bhagwan kaha hai
bhagwan, bhagwan

manjil hai kahan inki ki kaha jaye ye rahi
hai chhai hui raah me kismat ki syahi
phulo ko taraste hai jo rahte the chaman me
begane hue aaj ye apne hi vatan me
bhagwan jo tu hai to bata inko thikana
varna tujhe bhagwan kahega na zamana
bhagwan, bhagwan

Oh, God, where do you reside?
God, God,
What cruelty man has shown to man,
Drinking the very blood of his kin with a laugh,
These lights of eyes, torn from mothers' embrace,
These lights of eyes, torn from mothers' embrace,
From cradles, cast to thorns' despair,
God, God.

The goddesses of this land, stripped bare of grace,
Once rising with the sun's golden face,
No devotion in temples, no prayer in the mosque,
A voice cries out, where sleeps the God?
God, God.

Where is their destination, where shall the travelers go?
Fate's ink has painted the path below,
Yearning for flowers, they once bloomed in the garden's art,
Estranged now, in their own homeland's heart,
God, if you are, then show them a haven's hold,
Or the world will no longer call you God of old,
God, God.