tere liye tere vatan ki khak bekrar hai
himalya ki chotiyon ko tera intejar hai
vatan se door hai magar vatan ke geet gaye ja
vatan se door hai magar vatan ke geet gaye ja
kadam kadam badhaye ja khushi ke geet gaye ja
ye jidagi hai kaum ki tu kaum per lautaye ja
kadam kadam badhaye ja
bada kathin safar hai bade katin hai raste
magar ye mushkilen hain kya hai sipahiyo ke vaste
tu bijliyon se khel andhiyo pe muskuraye ja
tu bijliyon se khel andhiyo pe muskuraye ja
kadam kadam badhaye ja khushi ke geet gaye ja
ye zindagi hai kaum ki tu kaum per lautaya ja
kadam kadam badhaye ja
bichad raha hai tera bhai tujhse
to bichadne de, bichadne de naseeb kaum ka bane to
apna ghar ujadne de apna ghar ujadne de
mita ke apna ek ghar hajar ghar basaye ja
mita ke apna ek ghar hajar ghar basaye ja
kadam badaye ja khushi ke geet gaye ja
ye jidagi hai kaum ki tu kaum per lautaye ja
kadam badaye ja khushi ke geet gaye ja
ye jidagi hai kaum ki tu kaum per lautaya ja
kadam kadam badhaye ja
tere liye tere vatan ki khak bekrar hai
himalya ki chotiyon ko tera intejar hai
vatan se door hai magar vatan ke geet gaye ja

Step by step advance towards your goal, Singing songs of Joy.. This life -
it belongs to the people Sacrifice it for the masses! Dust of your nation
is eager to meet you The peaks of Himalaya is waiting for you. If your
brother is separating let it be If your house is ruined let it be You will
save thousand houses by letting your ruined. Onwards to Delhi!" - goes the
cry, Cradling the flag of the revolution, We shall plant it on the Red
Fort, And our flag shall flutter in the sky!