ae he o han han han
jago sone walo suno meri kahani
jago sone walo suno meri kahani
kya amiri kya garibi bhulo bate purani
jago sone walo suno meri kahani

tuta jo aaj ghulta wo saaj
hone laga ek badnashib
hansne lage duniya ke log
koi hua barbad
jago sone walo suno meri kahani
jago sone walo suno meri kahani

ye unch nich duniya ke bich
aakhir kyun bolo koi
jo hai bhala wo kyun bhala
hum to na samjhe ye raj
jago sone walo suno meri kahani
jago sone walo suno meri kahani

aapas ke gam jo bante hum
fir na rahe aise sitam
kahane ko hum insan hai
insaniyat kahan hai

Arise, sleepers, hear my whispered tale,
Arise, sleepers, hear my whispered tale,
Arise, sleepers, hear my whispered tale,
Forget the gilded cage, the beggar's frail,
Arise, sleepers, hear my whispered tale.

The shattered dream, its echoes fade,
A wretched form begins to mold,
The world now laughs, a mocking parade,
Another soul, forever sold.
Arise, sleepers, hear my whispered tale,
Arise, sleepers, hear my whispered tale.

This endless dance of high and low,
Why must such chaos reign and bleed?
The righteous fall, the wicked grow,
A mystery, a buried seed.
Arise, sleepers, hear my whispered tale,
Arise, sleepers, hear my whispered tale.

If shared our grief, a common plight,
Then cruelties would cease to be,
We call ourselves of human light,
But where, oh where, is humanity?