Call and response
Ley mashale chal puré hai
Log_ hum Bhopal_ ke (x2)
Abb-a-andere jeete lenge
Log_ hum Bhopal_ ke (x2)
Puch-ti hai jhop-a-di aor
puchetai hai khet -a- bhi (x2)
Kab_ telak lutedai rehengai
Log_ hum Bhopal_ ke (x2)
Bin lerai kuch bhi nahi mil-ta yaha ye jhan-a-ke
(x2)
Abb-a-ledai ledh_ rehi hai
Log_ hum Bhopal_ ke (x2)
Dekh-a-yara jo subha lag-ti hai fiki aj-kal
(x2)
Lal _rang usmai bharenge
Log_ hum Bhopal_ ke (x2)
- Bold lettering = emphasised beat
- Underscore = fill space with glottal stop
- Italics = higher tune
Together we will conquer darkness with the people of Bhopal (x2)
Union Carbide, Dow and Tata: multinational criminals (x2)
Justice for the world’s exploited led by people of Bhopal (x2)
English translation by Dharmesh Shah and Eurig Scandrett
We have torches in our hands and we keep walking, we the people of Bhopal
Now we will conquer darkness, we the people of Bhopal
The huts ask us and the fields ask us
How long will you be exploited, people of Bhopal?
Knowing that you can get nothing without struggle
Now we are fighting a battle, the people of Bhopal
Look my friend, the mornings which look so dull these days
Will be coloured red by the people of Bhopal