ye faasale teri galiyo ke hamase tai na huye
hazaar baar ruke hum hazaar baar chale
hazaar baar ruke hum hazaar baar chale
na jaane kaun si mattee watan ki mattee thi
na jaane kaun si mattee watan ki mattee thi
nazar me dhool, jigar mein liye gubaar chale
hazaar baar ruke hum hazaar baar chale
hazaar baar ruke hum hazaar baar chale

ye kaisi sarahaden ulajhee hui hain pairo mein
hum apane ghar ki taraf uth ke baar baar chale
na raasta kahin thehra, na manzilen thehri
ye umr udati hui gard mein guzaar chale

The distances of your streets, we could not traverse,
A thousand times we paused, a thousand times we moved.
A thousand times we paused, a thousand times we moved.
What soil it was, this homeland's soil, we never knew,
What soil it was, this homeland's soil, we never knew,
With dust in our eyes, and a heart full of grief, we moved.
A thousand times we paused, a thousand times we moved.
A thousand times we paused, a thousand times we moved.

What borders are these, entangled at our feet?
Toward our home, again and again we rose and walked.
No path remained still, no destinations stayed,
This life, we spent, in the whirling dust, we walked.