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Original Lyrics
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English Translation
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| Yeh jo des hai tera |
This country of yours |
| Swades hai tera |
Is your motherland |
| Tujhe hai pukara |
It calls out to you |
| Yeh woh bandhan hai |
This is a bond |
| Jo kabhi toot nahin sakta |
Which can never break |
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| Mitti ki hai jo khushboo |
The aroma of it's soil |
| Tu kaise bhulayega |
How can you forget that |
| Tu chahe kahin jaye |
Wherever you go |
| Tu laut ke aayega |
You'll come back |
| Nayi nayi raahon mein |
In your new paths |
| Dabi dabi aahon mein |
In your quiet sighs |
| Khoye khoye dil se tere |
From your lost heart |
| Koi yeh kahega |
Someone will say that |
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| Yeh jo des hai tera |
This country of yours |
| Swades hai tera |
Is your motherland |
| Tujhe hai pukara |
It calls out to you |
| Yeh woh bandhan hai |
This is a bond |
| Jo kabhi toot nahin sakta |
Which can never break |
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| Tujhse zindagi |
Your life |
| Hai yeh keh rahi |
Is telling you that |
| Sab toh paa liya |
You've achieved everything |
| Ab hai kya kami |
What else are you missing |
| Yoon toh sare sukh hai barse |
As such, you have all the comforts |
| Par door tu hai apne ghar se |
But you're far from your home |
| Aa laut chal tu ab deewane |
Come, let's go back, O crazy one |
| Jahan koi toh tujhe apna maane |
Where at least someone will be yours |
| Aawaaz de tujhe bulane, wohi des |
It's calling you, that country |
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| Yeh jo des hai tera |
This country of yours |
| Swades hai tera |
Is your motherland |
| Tujhe hai pukara |
It calls out to you |
| Yeh woh bandhan hai |
This is a bond |
| Jo kabhi toot nahin sakta |
Which can never break |
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| Yeh pal hai wohi |
It's this very moment |
| Jis mein hai chupi |
In which there is hidden |
| Poori ek sadi |
A complete century |
| Sari zindagi |
An entire lifetime |
| Tu na pooch raaste mein kahe |
Don't ask me why in the path |
| Aaye hai is tarah do rahe |
There are two separate ways |
| Tu hi toh hai raah jo sujhaye |
You're the one who will pick the path |
| Tu hi toh hai ab jo yeh bataye |
You're the one who will tell |
| Jaye toh kis disha mein jaye, wohi des |
Which direction to take, that country |
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| Yeh jo des hai tera |
This country of yours |
| Swades hai tera |
Is your motherland |
| Tujhe hai pukara |
It calls out to you |
| Yeh woh bandhan hai |
This is a bond |
| Jo kabhi toot nahin sakta |
Which can never break |
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