Kya seekh liya duniyaan ne sab kitaabon se

Khud ko jaana kiye Mazhabi hisaabon se

we recongnise ourselves through religious maths

 Main insaaniyat kii bulandiyon pe khadi

Aaj sharminda hun aajaadi ke naqaabon se

I am ashamed of false veils of freedom

 Kaise ub jakhm bharenge koi bataaye jara

Aag nafrat kii nikalii hai aaftaabon se

 Please say, how all these wounds will heal

the lamps that create light, are creating fires of hatred

 Namaah khushi se likh do tum e nammah bar

Nijjat pake roye hum pardesi hijaabon se

 O writer! go ahead and write the history

that we are crying even after we received freedom

 Kaisa yeh dard o jigar jiska naam lete hai

Ya le liya hai dil udhar shahanshahon se

or we have borrowed the heart of politicians (bad kings)

~ Neelam Jain~