
Kuch bāt hai kih hastī, miṭtī nahīṉ hamārī Yūnān o-Miṣr o-Rūmā, sab miṭ ga’e jahāṉ seĪb tak magar hai bāqī, nām o-nis̱ẖaṉ hamārā Hindī haiṉ ham, wat̤an hai Hindositāṉ hamārā Maẕhab nahīṉ sikhātā āpas meṉ bair rakhnā Guls̱ẖan hai jin ke dam se ras̱ẖk-i janāṉ hamārāĪi āb-i rūd-i Gangā! wuh din haiṉ yād tujh ko? Godī meṉ kheltī haiṉ is kī hazāroṉ nadiyāṉ Parbat wuh sab se ūṉcā, hamsāyah āsmāṉ kā Samjho wuhīṉ hameṉ bhī dil ho jahāṉ hamārā G̱ẖurbat meṉ hoṉ agar ham, rahtā hai dil wat̤an meṉ Ham bulbuleṉ haiṉ is kī, yih gulsitāṉ hamārā I am giving you the poem in all three languages: Urdu, Hindi and English and its meaning in English: In parades all over the country, men and women march to the tune of this song. There is no Indian, whose chest doesn’t swell with pride at the recitation of this poem/song. He was, of course, a lecturer in the same college. The next year, it was read by him in Government College Lahore (then in India) and it soon became the manifestation of our opposition to the British rule. Forty three years before independence, it was written by the poet Muhammad Iqbal and published in the Ittehad, a weekly journal. Let me begin with what is known as Taranah-e-Hind or Anthem of the People of Hindustan.

#1 Poem: I start with our National Song or Geet: Saare Jahan Se Achha… I provide you these poems in their original language, in Hindi, their transliteration and finally their meaning in English.

These historical poems and poets contributed not just towards India’s independence but also filled us with sense of pride and awe at the task ahead to make India the best nation on earth.
