Subh-E-Azadi – Lyrics

ye daaġh daaġh ujālā, ye shab-gazīda sahar (This smeared and spotted light, this night‐bitten dawn) ye daaġh daaġh ujālā, ye shab-gazīda sahar (This smeared and spotted light, this night‐bitten dawn) vo intizār thā jis kā, ye vo sahar to nahīñ. (the dawn we waited for so eagerly, this surely isn’t it) ye vo sahar to nahīñ, jis kī aarzū le kar (This isn’t surely the dawn with whose desire cradled in our hearts) chale the yaar, (We had set out, friends all, hoping) ki mil jā.egī kahīñ na kahīñ, (We should somewhere find the final destination) falak ke dasht meñ tāroñ kī āḳhirī manzil. (Of the stars in the forests of heaven) kahīñ to hogā, shab-e-sust-mauj kā sāhil (The slow‐rolling night must have a shore somewhere) kahīñ to jāke rukegā, safīna-e-ġham-e dil. (The boat of the afflicted heart’s grieving will drop anchor somewhere) INTERLUDE 1 sunā hai ho bhī chukā hai firāq-e-zulmat-o-nūr, (It’s said the darkness has been cleft from light already) sunā hai ho bhī chukā hai visāl-e-manzil-o-gām, (It’s said the journeying feet have found union with the destination) kahāñ se aa.ī nigār-e-sabā, kidhar ko ga.ī, (From where did the beloved, the morning breeze come? Where did it go?) abhī chirāġh-e-sar-e-rah ko kuchh ḳhabar hī nahīñ. (The street‐lamp at the edge of the road has no notion yet) (REFRAIN) ye daaġh daaġh ujālā, ye shab-gazīda sahar (This smeared and spotted light, this night‐bitten dawn) ye daaġh daaġh ujālā, ye shab-gazīda sahar (This smeared and spotted light, this night‐bitten dawn) vo intizār thā jis kā, ye vo sahar to nahīñ. (the dawn we waited for so eagerly, this surely isn’t it) INTERLUDE 2 abhī girānī-e-shab meñ kamī nahīñ aa.ī, (The weight of the night hasn’t lifted yet) najāt-e-dīda-o-dil kī ghaḌī nahīñ aa.ī, (The moment for the emancipation of the eyes and the heart hasn’t come yet) chale chalo, ki vo manzil abhī nahīñ aa.ī (Let’s go on, we haven’t reached the destination yet) chale chalo, ki vo manzil abhī nahīñ aa.ī (Let’s go on, we haven’t reached the destination yet)