Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon...

aye mere watan ke logon
tum khoob lagaa lo naaraa
yeh shubh din hai ham sab kaa
leharaa lo tirangaa pyaaraa
par mat bhulo seemaa par
veeron ne hai praan ganvaaye
kuch yaad unhein bhi kar lo (2)
jo laut ke ghar naa aaye (2)

aye mere watan ke logon
zaraa aankh mein bhar lo paani
jo shahid hue hai unn ki
zaraa yaad karo qurbaani

jab ghaayal huaa himaalay
khatare mein padi aazaadi
jab tak thi saans lade woh
phir apni laash bichhaa di
sangeen pe dhar kar maathaa
so gaye amar balidaani
jo shahid hue hai unn ki
zaraa yaad karo qurbaani

jab desh mein thi diwaali
woh khel rahe the holi
jab ham baithe the gharon mein
woh jhel rahe the goli
the dhanya javaan woh aapane
thi dhanya vo unn ki jawaani
jo shahid hue hai unn ki
zaraa yaad karo qurbaani

koi sikh koi jaat maraathaa
koi gurakhaa koi madaraasi
sarahad pe maranewaalaa (2)
har veer tha bhaaratavaasi
jo khoon giraa parvat par
woh khoon tha hindustaani
jo shahid hue hai unn ki
zaraa yaad karo qurbaani

thi khoon se lath-path kaayaa
phir bhi bandook uthaake
das-das ko ek ne maaraa
phir gir gaye hosh ganvaa ke
jab ant-samay aayaa to
keh gaye ke ab marate hai
khush rehnaa desh ke pyaaron
ab ham to safar karte hai

kya log the woh deewaane
kya log the woh abhimaani
jo shahid hue hai unn ki
zaraa yaad karo qurbaani

tum bhool naa jaao unn ko
iss liye kahi ye kahaani
jo shahid hue hai unn ki
zaraa yaad karo qurbaani

jay hind jay hind ki sena (2)
jay hind, jay hind, jay hind


Music Director: C. Ramchandra (Chitalkar)
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics: Kavi Pradeep
Translation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aye_Mere_Watan_Ke_Logo
MIO: http://www.musicindiaonline.com/p/x/QUbsDcyad9.As1NMvHdW/

History: This song was sung to honor the sacrifices of the gallant Indian Jawans (infantrymen) who in the 1962 Sino-Indian War fought to the last man and the last round on the icy desolate peaks of the Himalayas with obsolete bolt-action Lee-Enfield rifles against the assault rifles, heavy machine guns, mortars and artillery of the People's Liberation Army of China.