taro bhari
taro bhari chunariya odhe
aazadi aayi, aayi aazadi
aazadi aayi, aayi aazadi
naye dhol nayi saz
aur nayi raat layi aayi aazadi
aazadi aayi, aayi aazadi

khusi bhi aaj khushi ko chume
khushi ko chume
khushi ko chume
phul to kya sang bagiya jhule
bagiya jhule
bagiya jhule
tuti bediya is dharti ko mili rihaai
tuti bediya is dharti ko mili rihaai
aazadi aayi, aayi aazadi

andiyara andhiyara
apne hi ghar ko apne deeye se
kisne aag laga di
kisne aag laga di
gairo ne bhi jise bachaya
wahi jyot bujha di
kisne aag laga di

kaun sikhayega jivan me
kaun sikhayega jivan me
hans hans kar kaanto par chalna
kaanto par chalna
satya ahinsa vishvprem
ab kisse sikhegi duniya
ab kisse sikhegi duniya
kaun sikhaayega bhai ko
kaun sikhaayega bhai ko
bhai se ab karna pyar, ab karna pyar
puch rahe hai bharat mata ki
aankh ke aansu baarambaar
aankh ke aansu baarambaar, baarambaar baarambaar

jo raah dikhai thi tumne
hum raah wahi apnayenge
hum raah wahi apnayenge
aazadi di thi tumne
hum aazadi bachayenge
hum aazadi bachayenge
hum aazadi bachayenge

Star-draped,
a veil of stars she wore,
Freedom arrived, arrived, freedom.
Freedom arrived, arrived, freedom.
New drums, new tunes,
and a new night it brought, freedom arrived.
Freedom arrived, arrived, freedom.

Joy kisses joy today,
kisses joy,
kisses joy.
Even gardens sway with flowers,
gardens sway,
gardens sway.
Broken chains, this earth released,
broken chains, this earth released.
Freedom arrived, arrived, freedom.

Darkness, darkness,
in one's own home, with one's own lamp,
who set the fire?
who set the fire?
The very light saved by strangers,
that light extinguished,
who set the fire?

Who will teach in life,
who will teach in life,
to laugh and walk on thorns?
on thorns to walk?
Truth, non-violence, love for the world,
from whom will the world learn now?
from whom will the world learn now?
Who will teach a brother,
who will teach a brother,
to love a brother now, to love now?
India's mother asks,
her tears, again and again,
tears in her eyes, again and again.

The path you showed,
we will follow that path,
we will follow that path.
You gave freedom,
we will protect freedom,
we will protect freedom,
we will protect freedom.