shaurya kya hai
thartharati is dharti ko raungati
faujiyo ki ik paltan ka shor
ya sehame se aasman ko chirata huwa
banduko ki salaami ka shor
shaurya kya hai, hari wardi par chamakate huye
chand pital ki sitare
ya sarhad ka naam dekar
andekhi kuchh lakiro ki numaish

shaurya kya hai
dur udate khamosh paride ko
goliyo se bhun dene ka ehsaas
ya sholo ki barsat se pal bhar mein
ek sehar ko shamshan bana dene ka eshaas
shaurya, behti bias mein kisi ke
garm khun ka huale se surkh ho jana
ya anjani kisi jannat ki firak mein
pal pal ka dojak bante jana
barudo se dhundhalaye iss aasman mein
shaurya kya hai

wadiyo me gunjte kisi ganv ke matam mein
shaurya kya hai
shaurya, shayad ek hoshla
shayad ek himmat, hamre bhaut ander
majhab ke banaye daayare tod kar
kisika haath tham lene ki himmat
goliyo ki betahsha shor ko
apni khamoshi se chunoti de pane ki himmat
marti marati is duniya mein
nihatte date rehne ki himmat

shaurya, aane wale kal ki khatir
apne hisse ki kaynat ko, aaj bacha lene ki himmat
shaurya kya hai

Is valor the thunder of boots,
a battalion's tread that shakes the earth?
Or the sharp salute of rifles,
piercing the sky with a desperate birth?

Is valor the gleam of brass stars
that adorn a green coat's embrace?
Or the drawing of lines unseen,
a border's meaningless space?

Is valor the joy of bringing down
a silent bird in its flight?
Or the firestorm's embrace,
a city's fall in the night?

Is valor the Biyas' crimson stain,
a lifeblood gently unfurled?
Or the slow descent to hell,
searching for a lost world?

Is valor a question mark in the smoke,
beneath a gunpowder sky?
Or the echo of mourning in a valley's grief,
where a village's spirit will die?

Perhaps valor is a courage,
a strength that resides deep inside.
The courage to break the chains of faith,
to reach out, your hand to confide.

The courage to silence the gun's roar,
with the quiet of your own soul's art.
The courage to stand unarmed,
in a world that tears itself apart.

Valor is the courage for tomorrow,
to safeguard the universe, today.
Is valor the answer,
or a question we must always pray?