subah ki pahli kiran tak jindagi muskil me hai
subah ki pahli kiran tak jindagi muskil me hai
ae vatan walo andhera aakhri manjil me hai
ae vatan walo andhera aakhri manjil me hai subah ki

jelti diwar kya hai, khwab ki janjir kya
jelti diwar kya hai, khwab ki janjir kya
sok e ajadi ae dost agar apne dil hai
sok e ajadi ae dost agar apne dil hai
ae vatan walo andhera aakhri manjil me hai subah ki

khoon ka dariya vatan ki naav
toofani bahar aaj toofan bol kitni
mauj toofan bol kitni dekh afsa dil me hai
mauj toofan bol kitni dekh afsa dil me hai
ae vatan walo andhera aakhri manjil me hai subah ki

jindagi fansi ke takto par biche jati rahi
jindagi fansi ke takto par biche jati rahi
preet vo bechain kitna aaj apne dil me hai
preet vo bechain kitna aaj apne dil me hai
ae vatan walo andhera aakhri manjil me hai subah ki

Life is a struggle until the dawn's first ray,
Life is a struggle until the dawn's first ray.
O, compatriots, darkness dwells in the final bay,
O, compatriots, darkness dwells in the final bay, at dawn.

What are prison walls? What are chains of dream?
What are prison walls? What are chains of dream?
Yearning for freedom, my friend, if it's within your gleam,
Yearning for freedom, my friend, if it's within your gleam,
O, compatriots, darkness dwells in the final bay, at dawn.

A river of blood, a nation's frail boat,
The storm's fury, today, how it will emote.
How many waves, how the heart sees its fate,
How many waves, how the heart sees its fate,
O, compatriots, darkness dwells in the final bay, at dawn.

Life laid itself on the gallows' high stage,
Life laid itself on the gallows' high stage,
Love's disquiet, oh how it fills the cage,
Love's disquiet, oh how it fills the cage,
O, compatriots, darkness dwells in the final bay, at dawn.