kya mil gaya sarkar tumhe
kya mil gaya sarkar emergency lagake
emergency lagake
nasbandi karake hamari bansi bajake
nasbandi karake hamari chutti karake
ram bolo bhai ram, ram naam satya hai
ram bolo bhai ram, ram naam satya hai
satya hai

ghar wale bade khush the
ke mai dulha banunga
ghar wale bade khush the
ke mai dulha banunga
ghodi pe chadhunga to
mai phulo se sajunga
sehre ke phul rakh diye
sehre ke phul rakh diye arthi pe sajake
nasbandi karake hamari bansi bajake
nasbandi karake hamari chhutti karake
ram bolo bhai ram, ram naam satya hai
ram bolo bhai ram, ram naam satya hai
satya hai

arman tha hamko bhi kahega koi abba
haaye arman tha hamko bhi kahega koi abba
kahne se pahle baj gaya takdir ka dabba
kya mil gaya gatar me
kya mil gaya gatar me meri naav gira ke
nasbandi karake hamari bansi bajake
nasbandi karake hamari chuti karake
ram bolo bhai ram, ram naam satya hai
ram bolo bhai ram, ram naam satya hai
satya hai

kuch note dikha ke meri sagai chhin li
kuch note dikha ke meri sagai chhin li
tin ghee ka dikhake meri lugai chhin li
aisa bajaya band
aisa bajaya band connestar dikhake
nasbandi karake hamari bansi bajake
nasbandi karake hamari chuti karake
ram bolo bhai ram, ram naam satya hai
ram bolo bhai ram, ram naam satya hai
ram bolo bhai ram, ram naam satya hai
ram bolo bhai ram, ram naam satya hai

What gain, O government, did you seek?
What gain in this Emergency's bleak decree?
With its cold hand,
Castrated, our flute silenced, our laughter ceased.
Castrated, our freedom stolen, our time released.
Chant the name of Ram, brothers, chant,
Ram's name is truth,
Ram's name is truth,
Truth itself.

My family, they rejoiced,
Believing I'd be a groom,
My family, they rejoiced,
Imagining my blossoming bloom.
Upon a horse, they dreamt I'd ride,
Adorned in garlands, a joyful pride.
But those flowers, once meant to grace my head,
Now, they decorate the funeral bed.
Castrated, our flute silenced, our laughter ceased.
Castrated, our freedom stolen, our time released.
Chant the name of Ram, brothers, chant,
Ram's name is truth,
Ram's name is truth,
Truth itself.

I, too, yearned for a child to call me father,
Alas, before that blessing, fate chose to gather
And shatter my dreams.
What gain to drown my vessel in the sewer's flow?
What gain, O government, in depths below?
Castrated, our flute silenced, our laughter ceased.
Castrated, our freedom stolen, our time released.
Chant the name of Ram, brothers, chant,
Ram's name is truth,
Ram's name is truth,
Truth itself.

With coins they bought my betrothal's grace,
With tins of ghee, they stole my beloved's embrace.
Such a discordant band they played,
With a canister of sorrow displayed.
Castrated, our flute silenced, our laughter ceased.
Castrated, our freedom stolen, our time released.
Chant the name of Ram, brothers, chant,
Ram's name is truth,
Ram's name is truth,
Chant the name of Ram, brothers, chant,
Ram's name is truth.