ishaaji utho ab kuch karo
is shahar me ji kaa lagaanaa kyaa
ishaaji utho ab
vahashi ko sukun se kyaa matlab
vahashi ko sukun se kyaa matlab
jogi kaa nagar me thikaanaa kyaa
ishaaji utho ab kuch karo

is dil ke daridaa daaman me
dekho to sahi, socho to sahi
is dil ke daridaa daaman me
dekho to sahi, socho to sahi
jis jholi me sau chhed hue
jis jholi me sau chhed hue
us jholi ko failana kyaa
ishaaji utho ab kuch karo

shab biti chaand bhi dub chalaa
shab biti chaand bhi dub chalaa
shab biti chaand bhi dub chalaa
shab biti chaand bhi dub chalaa
hum to charaage avval shab hai
hum to charaage avval shab hai
avval shab bujh jaaye
tum bhi aana aakhire shab tak
deep se deep jalaye rakhna

shab biti chaand bhi dub chalaa
zanjir padi darvaaze pe
kyo der gaye ghar aaye ho
kyo der gaye ghar aaye ho
sajani se karoge bahaanaa kyaa
ishaaji utho ab kuch karo

us husn ke sucche moti ko
hum dekh sake par chhu na sake
us husn ke sucche moti ko
hum dekh sake par chhu na sake
us husn ke sucche moti ko
hum dekh sake par chhu na sake
us husn ke sucche moti ko
hum dekh sake par chhu na sake
tum naa aaoge to marne ki hai sau takbire
tum naa aaoge to marne ki hai sau takbire
maut kuch tum ko nahi ho ke bula bhi na sako

us husn ke sucche moti ko
hum dekh sake par chhu na sake
jise dekh sake par chhu na sake
jise dekh sake par chhu na sake
vo daulat kya vo khajana kya
ishaaji utho ab kuch karo
is shahar me ji kaa lagaanaa kyaa
ishaaji utho ab

vahashi ko sukun se kyaa matlab
vahashi ko sukun se kyaa matlab
jogi kaa nagar me thikaanaa kyaa
ishaaji utho ab kuch karo
ishaaji utho ab kuch karo
ab kuch karo, ab kuch karo
ab kuch karo, ab kuch karo
ab kuch karo, ab kuch karo
ab kuch karo, ab kuch karo
ab kuch karo, ab kuch karo
ab kuch karo, ab kuch karo
ab kuch karo, ab kuch karo
is shahar me ji, is shahar me ji
is shahar me ji kaa lagaanaa kyaa
ishaaji utho, ishaaji utho, ishaaji utho

Arise, Insha, and depart,
What worth is holding to this city's heart?
Arise, Insha, and depart.

What solace holds the untamed beast?
What haven has the wandering priest?
Arise, Insha, and depart.

Within this tattered, wounded breast,
Behold, consider, put to test,
The beggar's pouch, a hundred holes,
What need to spread those threadbare scrolls?
Arise, Insha, and depart.

The night has passed, the moon descends,
We are the lamps of the night's first ends.
If the first lamp is quenched and gone,
Come to the last, as day is born,
Keep one lit lamp to light the dawn.

The night is spent, the moon is low,
The chains of absence bind the door,
Why come so late, so long ago?
What lies will you now conjure up for her?
Arise, Insha, and depart.

That purest pearl, that dazzling grace,
We see it, yet we cannot embrace.
That purest pearl, that dazzling grace,
We see it, yet we cannot embrace.
If you don't come, a hundred deaths I face,
Death you cannot even call for, in this place.

That purest pearl, that dazzling grace,
We see it, yet we cannot embrace,
A beauty seen, but out of reach,
What wealth is that, what treasure to beseech?
Arise, Insha, and depart.
What worth is holding to this city's heart?
Arise, Insha, and depart.

What solace holds the untamed beast?
What haven has the wandering priest?
Arise, Insha, and depart.
Depart now, depart now, depart.
What worth is holding, what worth is holding,
What worth is holding to this city's heart?
Arise, Insha, arise, Insha, arise.