sar pe bandhe kafan chali main chali
haan sar pe bandhe kafan chali main chali
jung hain aajadi ka dekho gali gali
lahu ki kimat par layenge swarag
nenstonabudh honge gore shahab
aao khao ye kasam chhodenge na sath
sar pe bandhe kafan chali main chali
jung hain aajadi ka dekho gali gali

swadesh pukare aur ranbhumi
swadesh pukare aur ranbhumi
sankat me hain humari janni
swadesh pukare aur ranbhumi
sankat me hain humari janni
dekho dehleez pahunche firangi, raunde berahmi se
vatan ke liye hum ladenge sabhi
katayenge sar naa jhukayenge kabhi
aao rakhe vatan ki hum laaj

sambhal ke nacho re humjoli, humjoli
har kadam hain dekho kanto se bhari
sapno ki manjil hain aajadi se hi
jaan hatheli pe ho jab ranbhumi me
veergati mile ya milegi vijay
swadesh ke liye kuch bhi kar jayenge
maut mile ya jindgani mile
hoga wahi jo bhi kismat me likha
sar pe bandhe kafan chali main chali
jung hain aajaadi ka dekho gali gali
sar pe bandhe kafan chali main chali
jung hain aajadi ka dekho gali gali

Veiled in shroud, I journey forth, I stride,
Veiled in shroud, I journey forth, I stride.
The war for freedom echoes, street by street,
For freedom's price, we'll forge our own decree.
The white lords' empire, shattered, gone,
Come, take this oath, we'll stand as one.
Veiled in shroud, I journey forth, I stride,
The war for freedom echoes, street by street.

My homeland calls, the battlefield awaits,
My homeland calls, the battlefield awaits.
Our motherland, in peril, now we see,
My homeland calls, the battlefield awaits.
Our motherland, in peril, now we see.
The foreigners at our threshold, they tread,
With cruel footsteps, our land they have defiled,
For the nation's heart, we will all fight with might,
We will give our heads, but will never bow our plight.
Come, let us guard our homeland's sacred light.

Tread with care, my comrades, hand in hand,
Each step is fraught with thorns across the land,
The dream of freedom, the sole destiny.
When life's a gamble on the battlefield,
Victory will be ours, or a hero's fate.
For our homeland, we'll do anything,
Whether death, or life, we'll embrace our fate,
What destiny has written, it will be.
Veiled in shroud, I journey forth, I stride,
The war for freedom echoes, street by street.
Veiled in shroud, I journey forth, I stride,
The war for freedom echoes, street by street.