aj rahane do yah grih-kaj,
pran! rahane do yah grih-kaj!
aj jane kaisi vatas,
chho dati saurabh-shlath uchchhvas,
priye lalas-salas vatas,
jaga rooan mean sau abhilash.
aj ur ke star-star mean, pran!
sajag sau-sau smritiyaan sukumar,
drigoan mean madhur svapn-sansar,
marm mean madir-spriha ka bhar!
shithil, svapnil pankh diyaan khol,
aj apalak kalikaean bal,
gooanjata bhoola bhauanra dol,
sumukhi! ur ke sukh se vachal!
aj chanchal-chanchal man-pran,
aj re shithil-shithil tan bhar;
aj do pranoan ka din-man,
aj sansar nahian sansar!
aj kya priye, suhati laj?
aj rahane do sab grih-kaj!