vande maataram vande maataram vande maataram
vande maataram vande maataram vande maataram
jab hai ek fiza jab hai ek chaman
jab hai dosti jab hai ek vatan
phir kyu hai ye gum, phir kyu hai ye gum
soche aaj hum vande maataram vande maataram
vande maataram vande maataram

ho o kab tak yu hi ladate rahe
aise me kaise jiye
peene ke liye ganga ji ka jal
do bund hum kyu piye
ruko jara, ruko jara suno jara
ruko jara suno jara mithi sargam
vande maataram vande maataram
vande maataram vande maataram

milne na de hume jo yaha
deevar wo tod do
jispe kadam rakh na sako
wo rasta chhod do
ye hai mera, ye hai mera wo hai tera
ye hai mera wo hai tera chhodo ye bharam
vande maataram vande maataram
vande maataram vande maataram

Mother, I bow, Mother, I bow, Mother, I bow.
Mother, I bow, Mother, I bow, Mother, I bow.
When the air is one, when the garden blooms as one,
When friendship binds, when the homeland stands as one,
Why then this sorrow, why then this sorrow?
Let us ponder this today. Mother, I bow, Mother, I bow.
Mother, I bow, Mother, I bow.

Oh, how long must we fight and fray?
How can we truly live this way?
To drink, the Ganges' sacred flow,
Why sip just drops, where rivers go?
Wait a while, wait a while, listen now,
Wait a while, listen now, the sweet song's flow.
Mother, I bow, Mother, I bow.
Mother, I bow, Mother, I bow.

The walls that keep us torn apart,
Shatter them, break them from the heart.
The paths you cannot walk upon,
Leave them behind, when day is gone.
This is mine, this is mine, and that is yours,
This is mine, this is mine, let these illusions burn.
Mother, I bow, Mother, I bow.
Mother, I bow, Mother, I bow.