Sare Jahan Se Acha Lyrics in English is a very popular Indian patriotic song written in the Urdu language by poet Muhammad Iqbal. The poem was first published in the weekly journal Ittehad on 16 August 1904 and was later published in 1924 in the Urdu book Bang-i-Dara.
Below is the Lyrics of Sare Jahan Se Acha in English
This was originally written for children in the ghazal style of Urdu poetry and was formally known as “Tarānah-e-Hindi”, which means “Anthem of the People of Hindustan” in Urdu. It was publicly recited for the first time at Government College, Lahore, British India, which is now in Pakistan.
This anthem soon became an anthem of opposition to the British government and added wings to the freedom fight against them.
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Story Behind Sare Jahan Se Accha :
Muhammad Iqbal was working at the Government College, Lahore at that time (1904-05), and was invited by a student called Lala Har Dayal to address the students. Instead of delivering his speech, the 27-year old Iqbal sang the “Saare Jahan Se Achcha”.
The song, not only had great lines about the land of Hindustan but also had an elegiac quality and expressed “cultural memory”.
Sare Jahan se acha full song lyrics in English
Saare Jahaan Se Achcha
Hindostaan Hamaraa Hamaraa
Saare Jahaan Se Achcha
Hindostaan Hamaraa Hamaraa
Hum BulBulain Hai Iss Ki,
Ye Gulsitan Hamaraa Hamaraa
Parbat Ho Sabse Unchaa
Hum saya aasman kaa
Parbat Ho Sabse Unchaa
Hum saya aasman kaa
Vo Santaree Hamaraa,
vo Paaswaan hamaraa hamaraa
Godee mein kheltee Hain
Is kee hazaaron nadiya
Gulshan Hai Jinke dam se,
Rashk-e-janna hamaraa hamaraa
Mazhab nahin Sikhataa
Apas Mein Bayr Rakhnaa
Hindee Hai Hum
Hindee Hai Hum
Hindee Hai Hum
Vatan hai
hindostaan hamaraa
Saare Jahaan Se Achcha
Hindostaan Hamaraa Hamaraa
Hum BulBulain Hai Iss Ki,
Ye Gulsitan Hamaraa Hamaraa
Saare Jahaan Se Achcha
Hindostaan Hamaraa Hamaraa
Saare Jahaan Se Achcha
Sare Jahan se acha lyrics in English Translation:
Better than the entire world, is our Hind,
We are its nightingales, and it (is) our garden abode
If we are in an alien place, the heart remains in the homeland,
Know us to be only there where our heart is.
That tallest mountain, that shade-sharer of the sky,
It (is) our sentry, it (is) our watchman
In its lap where frolic thousands of rivers,
Whose vitality makes our garden the envy of Paradise.
O the flowing waters of the Ganges, do you remember that day
When our caravan first disembarked on your waterfront?
Religion does not teach us to bear animosity among ourselves
We are of Hind, our homeland is Hindustan.
In a world in which ancient Greece, Egypt, and Rome have all vanished
Our own attributes (name and sign) live on today.
There is something about our existence for it doesn’t get wiped
Even though, for centuries, the time-cycle of the world has been our enemy.
Iqbal! We have no confidant in this world
What does anyone know of our hidden pain?
Every Indian should know the Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara Lyrics by-heart and know the meaning. Please teach younger generations as well.
Be proud of an Indian and be proud to share this with all your friends and social networks. Jai Hind!
Sare Jahan Se Acha lyrics in English video
FAQs about Saare Jahan Se Achcha
1. Sare Jahan Se Acha Song written by ?
Ans : The ‘Sare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara’ song was written by poet Mohammad Iqbal.
2. Sare Jahan Se Acha Song is written in which language?
Ans : Urdu
3. Which famous person sung Sare Jahan Se Acha over a hundred times when he was imprisoned at Yerawada Jail in Pune in the 1930s
Ans : Mahatma Gandhi
4. Which astronaut employed the first line of the Saare Jahan Se Achcha song in 1984 to describe to then prime minister Indira Gandhi how India appeared from outer space?
Ans : Rakesh Sharma
5. Which former prime minister of India quoted this poem at his first press conference after becoming the Prime Minister?
Ans : Manmohan Singh
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