Sare jahan se achha Hindustan hamara
Ham bulbulen hain uski woh gulsitan hamara
Parvat woh sabse uncha hamasaya asman ka
Woh Santari hamara woh pasban hamara
Godi men khelti hain jiski hazaron nadiyan
Gulshan hai jinke dum se, rashk-i-jinan hamara
Mazhab nahin sikhata apas men bair rakhna
Hindi hain hum- watan hai Hindustan hamara

-Iqbal


Interpretation

The finest country in the world is our India
We are its nightingales, it is our rose garden;
The highest mountain range, the neighbour of the sky
It is our sentry and our protector;
In its lap sport thousands of rivers,
Which make it a garden that is the envy of the world;
Religion does not teach us to bear enemity towards one another,
Indians we are all- and our country is India.