Yeh jo des hai tera (lyrics by Javed Akhtar / music director: A. R. Rahman / singer: A. R. Rahman)
Yeh jo des hai tera This very land that is yours / this very country that is yours
Swades hai tera It is your very motherland / fatherland
Tujhe hai pukara And it is calling out to you
Yeh voh bandhan hai This very bond between this land and you
Jo kabhi toot nahin sakta How could it ever break up ?
Mitti ki hai jo khushboo The fragrance of this very land
Tu kaise bhulega How could you ever forget it ?
Tu chahe kahin jae Wherever you would wish to go
Tu laut ke aaega No matter what happens, you will come back to this very land
Nayi nayi raahon men In each and every paths
Dabe dabe aahon mein In each and every suppressed sighs
Khoe khoe dil se tere To you strayed heart
Koi yeh kahega Someone / something will remind you of this
Yeh jo des hai tera That this land that is yours / That this country that is yours
Swades hai tera It is your very motherland / fatherland
Tujhe hai pukara Yeh voh bandhan hai Jo kabhi toot nahin sakta
Tujhe zindagi hai yeh kahe rahi Your whole life seems telling you
Sabh to paa liya abh hai kya kami You have achieved everything in it, what else could you expect to get you don’t already have ?
Yiunh to saare sukh hai barse As if you had been showered by life’s riches and happiness
Par door tu hai apne ghar se But, you are so far away from home
Aa laut chal tu abh deewane Do come back now, you old fool
Jahan koi to tujhe apna maane To this very place where people will consider you as one of them
Awaz de tujhe bulane wahi des Do answer to this call from this land
Yeh jo des hai tera This very land that is yours / this country that is yours
Swades hai tera Which is your very motherland / your very fatherland
Yeh pal hai wahi This is the right time
Jis mein hai chupi In which lay hidden
Puri ek sadi, saari zindagi An entire century, an entire lifetime
Tu na pooch raaste mein ka hai Do not ask what is awaiting ahead
Ae hain is tarah do raahein You now have reached a crossroads
Tu hi to hai raah jo sujhae It behoves to you to choose this very path
Tu hi to hai abh to yeh batae It is for you to show which path should be taken
Chahe to kis disha men jae It is for you to show the direction that should be taken by
Voh hi des This very land / this very country
Yeh jo des hai tera This very land that is yours / this very country that is yours Swades hai tera… Which is your very motherland / which is your fatherland...