kya huaa damini, tujh damkti jaan ko
kya huaa damini, tujh damkti jaan ko
kis tarah to pura kere, tere armaan ko
kya huaa damini, tujh damakti jaan ko

kya huaa damini, tujh damkti jaan ko
kis tarah to pura kere, tere armaan ko
kya huaa damini, tujh damkti jaan ko
kaise pura kere tere armaan ko

kaise wo samma thi, jo hawao se ladi thi
maut samane thi par, jara na dari thi
kyun ek mat ne kah diya ki, bujh rahi thi
zinda dil aur diler, parinde se udaati rahi thi
kyun usko kuchlne ki, koshis kari thi
jakhm khakar bhi prvaas karti rahi thi

gam to aate hain chale jaate hain
unke afsane musalsal hame tadapate hain
fir aansu baadalo ki tarah chha jate hai
kabhi barsate hain, kabhi jara der rukh jaate hain
dard lekin na kabhi thamta na dhalta hain
dil me chhupa rishta hain, tapakta hain fir jamta hain
hain koi aala khabar kar de, jo hamko tumhari
jara si rahat dila de, is jaan ko hamari

kya jid thi tumhari ki ladte rahenge
itna bhi kya tha ki mar ke kahenge
tum jiti ho us jang ko amanat
sadiyo tak hind dega jiski jamanat
kissa thi ab na gam aaye
ban gayi wo hisaa tuti dilo ka
ban gayi hain wo

ab to ae dost, nayi duniya basaye
lut chuke hai sab ye gam sadaye
kahin dur shaam hone naa paye
ham chalkar apne kheme jamaye
wahan koi dahshat na hogi
jaha koi bivash hoga na rogi

kabhi koi bachcho ke na todega sapne
logo ke sukh aur dukh honge apne
wo duniya karegi aman ki hifajat
koi na karega chaman se sharaarat
na gaflat na gussa na sina na jori
nahi jaha hogi khushiyo ki chori

tum wada karo saath hamare chalogi
aake kabhi jane ki bate na karogi
us manjil pe tumhare dard ki dava hain
wo duniya jaha sabka majhab vafa hain
wo duniya jaha sabka majhab vafa hain

What became of you, Damini, radiant soul?
What became of you, Damini, radiant soul?
How do we fulfill, your unyielding goal?
What became of you, Damini, radiant soul?

What became of you, Damini, radiant soul?
How do we fulfill, your unyielding goal?
What became of you, Damini, radiant soul?
How do we fulfill the desires of your soul?

What kind of fire, that battled the breeze?
Death in the face, yet found perfect ease.
Why did a voice declare, "She's ceasing to be"?
A heart alive and brave, soaring with the free.
Why the crushing, the relentless decree?
Wounded but journeying, eternally.

Sorrow arrives, then fades away,
Their stories relentlessly make us sway.
Tears like clouds then begin to play,
Sometimes they pour, then linger and stay.
But pain never truly ceases to be,
A hidden bond within, forever we see.
Is there any news, a message for us,
To bring solace, to ease our hearts' fuss?

What was this resolve, "We'll always contend"?
Why such a price, to meet your end?
You conquered that war, a legacy to keep,
For centuries India, your promise to sweep.
A tale now, no sorrow to be,
You've become a part of hearts, eternally.
You've become a part, a soul so free.

Now, dear friend, let's build a new world's core,
These sad songs, no longer to endure.
Let no evening descend afar,
Let's build a tent, no matter how far.
Where no fear will ever reside,
Where no one is forced to abide.

No one will ever shatter children's dreams,
People's joys and sorrows will flow in streams.
That world will guard peace with care,
Where no one will harm the fair.
No neglect, no anger, no selfish desire,
Where happiness will never expire.

You promise us, you'll walk by our side,
Never again, talk of leaving our stride.
On that destination, your pain finds its cure,
That world where all faiths is loyalty pure.
That world where all faiths is loyalty sure.