humko padhai se kya lena
humko sachchai se kya lena
yaaro humko saath hai rahna
khul ke kahenge jo hai kahna
yaar mere tu kyun khamosh hai
zindagi me ab tak josh hai
humko padhai se kya lena
humko sachchai se kya lena

leke aaye the kya hum yaha
is jaha se jo le jayenge
jo diya hai jamane ne humko
jamane ko hum wahi de jayenge
nafrat ne paala hume
hume pyar nahi chahiye
nafrat ne paala hume
hume pyar nahi chahiye
dard ki raaho me hai chalna
humko padhai se kya lena
humko sachchai se kya lena

apne haatho se hi apna ye nasiba
kisi din sawarenge hum
socha hai zindagi me kabhi
hausla na harenge hum
hum jo irada kare
to kuchh bhi mushkil nahi
hum jo irada kare
to kuchh bhi mushkil nahi

humko sholo me hai jalna
humko padhai se kya lena
humko sachchai se kya lena
yaaro humko saath hai rahna
khul ke kahenge jo hai kahna
yaar mere tu kyun khamosh hai
zindagi me ab tak josh hai

What have we to do with books,
What have we to do with truth?
Friends, we are bound together,
Openly we will speak our sooth.
Friend, why are you silent now?
Is there still fire within your brow?
What have we to do with books,
What have we to do with truth?

What did we bring when we came here?
What will we carry from this sphere?
What the world has given to us,
Back to the world, we shall hold near.
Hatred has nurtured us,
Love we do not desire.
Hatred has nurtured us,
Love we do not require.
Through paths of pain, we must trudge on,
What have we to do with books,
What have we to do with truth?

With our own hands, this fate we'll mend,
Someday, our fortunes we shall tend.
In this life, we have resolved,
Our courage, never shall we end.
If we make up our minds,
Nothing is too hard to find.
If we make up our minds,
Nothing is too hard to find.

Into the flames, we must now leap,
What have we to do with books,
What have we to do with truth?
Friends, we are bound together,
Openly we will speak our sooth.
Friend, why are you silent now?
Is there still fire within your brow?