Ajab hindustan Ghazab hindustan
Ajab hindustan Ghazab hindustan
Take ser bhaaji Take ser pakwaan
Take ser bhaaji Take ser pakwaan
Waah re hindustan
Arre waah re hindustan
Ajab hindustan Ghazab hindustan
Take ser bhaaji Take ser pakwaan
Waah re hindustan
Arre waah re hindustan

Wohi puraani chaal hai teri
Wohi puraani reet
Wohi puraani chaal hai teri
Wohi puraani reet
Jhoothe paapi paakhandi ki
Kadam kadam par jeet
Jhoothe paapi paakhandi ki
Kadam kadam par jeet
Kya hai teri shaan
Waah re hindustan
Arre waah re hindustan

Koi na poochhe bhaav heere ka
Kaanch hua anmol
Koi na poochhe bhaav heere ka
Kaanch hua anmol
Apna dhol bajaate hain sab
Apna dhol bajaate hain sab
Sab mein polam pol
Polam pol
Teri aqal pe qurbaan
Waah re hindustan
Arre waah re hindustan

Lambe paanv pasaar ke sab
Sote suboh shaam
Lambe paanv pasaar ke sab
Sote suboh shaam
Kaahe kare koi kaam chaakri
Sabka daata ram
Daata ram
Chalo sasti chhooti jaan
Waah re hindustan
Arre waah re hindustan

Dharam bhool ke
Dhan ko dhoondhen
Rahaa na desh ka maan
Dharam bhool ke
Dhan ko dhoondhen
Rahaa na desh ka maan
Ghar ke bachche chakki chaaten
Ghair bane mehmaan
Ghair bane mehmaan
Ye ghulaam ka gumaan
Waah re hindustan
Arre waah re hindustan

Ajab hindustan Ghazab hindustan
Ajab hindustan Ghazab hindustan
Take ser bhaaji Take ser pakwaan

A strange India, a wondrous land,
A strange India, a wondrous land,
Where greens are cheap, and sweets are grand,
Where greens are cheap, and sweets are grand.
Oh, India, how you stand!
Oh, India, in this land!
A strange India, a wondrous land,
Where greens are cheap, and sweets are grand.
Oh, India, how you stand!
Oh, India, in this land!

Your ways, they linger, old and worn,
Your ways, the same since you were born.
The liars, the false, they always win,
At every turn, where sin begins.
What glory is yours to claim?
Oh, India, in this game!
Oh, India, in this game!

The diamond's worth, it's never sought,
While glass is praised, and dearly bought.
Each beats their drum, a hollow sound,
Deceit and fraud are all around.
Your wisdom, where does it lie?
Oh, India, beneath the sky!
Oh, India, as days go by!

With legs outstretched, they sleep and dream,
Morning to night, it would seem.
Why work at all, when ease is found?
"God provides," they all resound.
A life so cheap, so small a span,
Oh, India, of this plan!
Oh, India, of this plan!

Forget your faith, for wealth you chase,
Lost is the honor of this place.
Your children starve, while strangers feast,
The home is broken, the love decreased.
A slave's pride, a bitter stain,
Oh, India, in sun and rain!
Oh, India, in sun and rain!

A strange India, a wondrous land,
A strange India, a wondrous land,
Where greens are cheap, and sweets are grand.