khudaa-ae-bartaar teree jamin par
jamin kee khaatir yeh jang kyon hai
har ek fatah-o-jafar ke daaman pe
khun-e-insaan kaa rang kyon hai
khudaa-ae-bartaar teree jamin par
jamin kee khaatir yeh jang kyon hai

jamin bhee teree hain ham bhee tere
yeh milkiyat kaa savaal kya hai
yeh katl-o-khun kaa rivaaj kyon hai
yeh rasm-ae-jango-jadal kya hai
jinhe talab hai jahan bhar kee
unhee kaa dil itna tang kyon hai
khudaa-ae-bartaar

gharib maano sharif behano ko
amn-o-ijjat kee jindagee de
jinhe aata kee hai too ne taakat
unhe hidaayat kee roshanee de
saro me kibr-o-ghurur kyon hain
dilo ke shishe pe jang kyon hai
khudaa-ae-bartaar

khaja ke raste pe jaanevaalo ko
bach ke aane kee rah dena
dilo ke gulshan ujad na jaaye
muhabbato ko panaah dena
jahan me jashn-e-vafa ke badle
yeh jashn-ae-tir-o-tafang kyon hai
khudaa-ae-bartaar teree jamin par
jamin kee khaatir yeh jang kyon hai
har ek fatah-o-jafar ke daaman pe
khun-e-insaan kaa rang kyon hai
khudaa-ae-bartaar

O, God Most High, upon your earth,
Why does war rage for land's cold worth?
On every victory's victorious sleeve,
Why stains the blood of man, we grieve?
O, God Most High, upon your earth,
Why does war rage for land's cold worth?

Yours is the Earth, and we are Thine,
What meaning then, this claim of mine?
Why this tradition of blood and gore,
This ritual of warring evermore?
Those who crave the world's wide span,
Why is their heart so small for man?
O, God Most High...

To mothers poor and sisters pure,
Grant peace and lives that will endure.
To those to whom you gave such might,
Bestow the guidance of Your light.
Why pride and arrogance reside,
Why rust upon the heart's inside?
O, God Most High...

To those who tread the autumn's way,
Grant them a path to see the day.
Lest gardens of the heart be lost,
Shelter love, whatever the cost.
In place of feasts of faith and grace,
Why celebrate the gun's embrace?
O, God Most High, upon your earth,
Why does war rage for land's cold worth?
On every victory's victorious sleeve,
Why stains the blood of man, we grieve?
O, God Most High...