Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna

Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna is an Urdu patriotic poem written by Bismil Azimabadi as a dedication to young freedom fighters of the Indian independence movement.

[9] Khuda Bakhsh Library has preserved the original copy and page of his diary containing this poem written by him and the corrections done by his mentor Shad Azimabadi.

[10] The poem was immortalised by Ram Prasad Bismil, an Indian freedom fighter, as a war cry during the British Raj period in India.

Hum to ghar se nikle hi the baandhkar sar pe kafan Jaan hatheli par liye lo barh chale hain ye qadam Zindagi to apni mehmaan maut ki mehfil mein hai Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai

Armed does the enemy sit, waiting to open fire And ready we are, to take it head-on Play with blood we shall, if the nation is in trouble The desire for revolution is in our hearts…

No sword can sever the hands that have the passion within No threat can bow heads that have risen once for all… It will but rise, the flame that has lit in our hearts, and the desire for revolution is in our hearts…

Set we out from our homes, our heads shrouded with cloth, Taking our lives in our hands, do we march so… In our assembly of death, life is now but a guest The desire for revolution is in our hearts…