aah nikli hai yahan aah nikli hai wahan
wah ri wah yeh aazaadiyan
teri yeh ataari teri yeh zameenein
teri yeh katari teri yeh lakeerein
ghar mera hai kahaan bas yeh bata
ho aah nikli hai yahaan aah nikli hai wahaan
wah ri wah yeh aazaadiyan

aazaadiyan ho aazaadiyan ho aazaadiyan
aazaadiyan laadla lakdi ka jhula
saanwla mitti ka chulha sohni mohni maa hai kahan
natkhati si meri galiyan nazron ki chhupan chhupaiyan
gori gori baahein kahan hai woh chhat taare kahan
hai woh chaubare kahan
ho hai woh dariyan kinare kahaan

hind pe tha naaz jinko hai woh kahan
aah nikli hai yahan aah nikli hai wahan
wah ri wah yeh aazaadiyan teri yeh dastak
teri yeh muthi tujhko mubarak
teri yeh mitti ghar mera hai kahan itna bata
aah nikli hai yahan aah nikli hai wahan
wah ri wah yeh aazaadiyan

aazaadiyan hoaazaadiyan ho aazaadiyan
aazaadiyan reh gayi rassi pe chunri
reh gayi khunti pe kurti reh gayi woh laaj kahan
reh gaya gummad mein allah reh gaya furkat mein rabba
reh gaya woh ram kahan hai hari se woh kahan
hai kari se woh kahan pehle chaman woh bataao kahan
hind pe tha naaz jinko hai woh kahan

aah nikli hai yahan aah nikli hai wahan
wah ri wah yeh aazaadiyan
teri yeh hukumat teri yeh hidayat
teri yeh himakat tujhko mubarak
ghar mera hai kahan sirf yeh bata aah nikli hai yahan
aah nikli hai wahan wah ri wah yeh aazaadiyan
aazaadiyan ho aazaadiyan ho aazaadiyan..
aazaadiyan

A sigh escapes, here it does,
Oh, what freedoms are these!
A sigh escapes, here it does,
Oh, what freedoms are these!

Your mansions, your lands,
Your daggers, your lines drawn,
Where is my home, just tell me?
Oh, a sigh escapes, here it does,
A sigh escapes, there it does,
Oh, what freedoms are these!
Freedoms, oh freedoms,
Oh, freedoms, freedoms.

The beloved, a wooden swing,
The dark earth's earthen stove,
Where is my mother, gentle, loving?
My playful, mischievous lanes,
Hide-and-seek of glances,
Where are those fair, fair arms?
Where is that roof of stars?
Where are those balconies?
Oh, where are those riverbanks?
Those proud of India,
Where are they?

A sigh escapes, here it does, a sigh escapes, there it does,
Oh, what freedoms are these!
Your knock, your clenched fist,
Yours be this, your very earth,
Where is my home, just tell me.

Oh, a sigh escapes, here it does,
A sigh escapes, there it does,
Oh, what freedoms are these!
Freedoms, oh freedoms,
Oh freedoms, freedoms.
The veil remains on the rope,
The kurta remains on the peg,
Where has that modesty gone?

God remains in the dome,
Rabbi remains in the prayers,
Where has that Ram gone?

Where are those Hari, those Krishna?
Tell me, where is that first garden?
Those proud of India, where are they?
A sigh escapes, here it does, a sigh escapes, there it does,
Oh, what freedoms are these!

Your rule, your guidance,
Your audacity, may you be blessed,
Where is my home, just tell me,
Oh, a sigh escapes, here it does, a sigh escapes, there it does,
Oh, what freedoms are these!
Freedoms, oh freedoms,
Oh freedoms, freedoms,
Freedoms.