taraanaa-e-hind

Sir Mohammed Iqbal

saare jahaa.N se achchhaa hindustaan hamaaraa
ham bul_bule.n hai.n is kii ye gulistaa.N hamaaraa


Note: While the books I have quote the last line
as "...gulistaa.N hamaaraa", I have always heard
the song sung as "...gulsitaa.N hamaaraa".


Gurbat me.n ho.n agar ham rahataa hai dil vatan me.n
samajho vahii.n hame.n bhii dil ho jahaa.N hamaaraa

[Gurbat = exile/in an alien land]

parvat vo sab se uu.Nchaa ham_saayaa aasmaa.N kaa
vo santarii hamaaraa vo paasabaa.N hamaaraa

[ham_saayaa = neighbour]
[santri = sentry; paasabaa.N = guardian/watchdog]

godii me.n khelatii hai.n is kii hazaaro.n nadiyaa.N
gulshan hai jin ke dam se rashk-e-janaa.N hamaaraa

[rashk-e-janaa.N = envy of Paradise]

ai aab-e-ruud-e-gangaa vo din hai yaad tujh ko
utaraa tere kinaare jab kaaravaa.N hamaaraa

mazhab nahii.n sikhaataa aapas me.n bair rakhanaa
hindii hai.n ham vatan hai hindustaa.N hamaaraa

[mazhab = religion]

yuunaan -o-mishr-o-romaa sab miT gaye jahaa.N se
ab tak magar hai baaqii naam-o-nishaa.N hamaaraa

[yuunaan = Greece; misr = Egypt; romaa = Rome]

kuchh baat hai ki hastii miTatii nahii.n hamaarii
sadiyo rahaa hai duhman daur-e-zamaa.N hamaaraa

'Iqbal' ko_ii maharam apanaa nahii.n jahaa.N me.n
maaluum kyaa kisii ko dard-e-nihaa.N hamaaraa

[maharam = confidant; dard-e-nihaa.N = hidden pain]