jab se huyee mai satrah baras kee, aafat me yeh jan hai
tere rup kaa divana toh sara hindustan hai

chaudah sal me dhadake tha dil, jab thi mai badee bholi
bholi woli kya hogee hogee banduk kee goli
dil kee bate too kya janey too toh beyiman hai
tere rup kaa divana

puchh naa kaise pandrah solah maine hay gujare
shahar ganv ke pad gaye honge pichhe tere kanware
chhod kunwaro kee toh dole budhon kaa iman hai
tere rup kaa divana

satrah baras kee kori javani kiske karu hawale
kis kis ko too dil degi sab log hain marnewale
nagin ban ke dans lungi sabki mujhko pehchan hai
tere rup kaa divana

Since seventeen, this life a tempest's call,
A captive heart, for your form, India's thrall.

At fourteen, my naive heart did beat,
A child's voice, now a bullet's fleet.
What know you of hearts, you, the faithless one?
A captive heart, for your form, India's sun.

Ask not how fifteen, sixteen years I bore,
Towns and villages, your suitors before.
Leave the young, for the old seek your prize,
A captive heart, for your form, mirrored skies.

Seventeen's pure youth, to whom shall it turn?
Your heart's gift, will all these lovers burn?
A serpent's strike, I'll claim my decree,
A captive heart, for your form, eternally.