VERSE 1:
Ik sone si bhoomi
Shaheedon kaa sapna
haqueekat banane
diya khoon apna

Is sapne ko tum
Khauf naa banao
Aapni bhoomi ko
sine see lagaoo
in ujalon me bhi aaj
kyun hai andhera

CHORUS:
thaam lo udte daman koo
Laaj rakhlo apne maa ki
Jaago is andhere sey
Jaa milo sawe rey see

Mushkilon ko tum bhula ke
dil me thoda josh jagaoo
Phir badh chalo aur apne
maati kaa udhar chukao

VERSE 2:
Dil ke tarazoo me tolo
khud ko aaur unko
jinhone thamaya
watan aaj tumko

koshison ko zara
apne pukhta karo
is mitti ki khushbu koo dil me bharo
is mitti ke rang me rang loo aaj khud koo

CHORUS:
thaam lo udte daman koo
Laaj rakhlo apne maa ki
Jaago is andhere sey
Jaa milo sawe rey see

Mushkilon ko tum bhula ke
dil me thoda josh jagaoo
Phir badh chalo aur apne
maati kaa udhar chukao

BRIDGE:
SUNO SUNO SUNO SUNo
apne watan ki zara
yun tadapta chod ke
baithe ho kyun is tarah

SUNO SUNO SUNO SUNO
is sar zamin ki zara
bhrastachar hi bhrastachar hai
haq haath me loo zara

NARRATION:
Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.

OUTRO:
Oos ki boondon mein
jaise khilte taaren hain
Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Isai
Iske dulare hain
Naye daur kaa gaen hum eek saaz
aao badh chalen
gaen hum desh raag