Click here for background and on any passage for word meanings and explanatory discussion. varun grover (1980-living). himachal pradesh. Educated and practiced as an engineer and then quit to move to mumbai to pursue a career as a stand up comic, lyricist and writer for movies and TV shows.
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taana shaah¹ aa ke jaayeNge
hum kaaGhaz nahiN dikhaayeNge    1.symbolic of absolute despotic rule, dictator, despot
Despots will come and go
We will not show our papers
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tum aaNsu gas uchhaaloge
tum zahr ki chaa’e ubaaloge
hum pyaar ki shakkar ghol ke us ko
GhaT GhaT GhaT pii jaayeNge
hum kaaGhaz nahiN dikhaayeNge
hum kaaGhaz nahiN dikhaayeNge You will hurl tear gas at us
You will boil poisonous tea
We will add the sweetness of love
Gulp, gulp, gulp, we will drink it all up
We will not show our papers
We will not show our papers
3
ye des hi¹ apna haasil² hai
jahaaN ramprasad bhi bismil³ hai
is miTTi ko kaise baaToge
sub ka hi Khoon to shaamil⁴ hai
tum police se laaTh⁵ paRa doge
tum meTro band kara doge
hum paidal paidal aayeNge
hum kaaGhaz nahiN dikhaayeNge
hum kaaGhaz nahiN dikhaayeNge 1.only 2.obtained, net gain, only possession 3.freedom fighter and poet, raam prasad bismil 4.included, mixed 5.club
raam prasad bismil is popularly believed to have written the verse …
sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil meN hai
dekhna hai zor kitna baazu-e qaatil meN hai
We are prepared to offer our heads
Let us see how much strength the arm of the killer has
(He is a symbol of defiance. It is a completely different matter that actually this was written by someone else)
All we have left is this homeland
We will come defiant like raam prasad bismil
How can you divide this land
The blood of all communities is mixed in it
Your police will club us
You will shut down the metro
But we will keep coming on foot
We will not show our papers
We will not show our papers
4
hum manji¹ yahiN bichhaayeNge
hum kaaGhaz nahiN dikhaayeNge
hum sunvidhaan² ko bachaayeNge
hum kaaGhaz nahiN dikhaayeNge
hum kaaGhaz nahiN dikhaayeNge 1.a short legged cot used as funeral bier 2.constitution
We will lay down our lives if needed
We will not show our papers
We will protect the constitution
We will not show our papers
We will not show our papers
5
hum jan man gan bhi gaayeNge
hum kaaGhaz nahiN dikhaayeNge
hum kaaGhaz nahiN dikhaayeNge    We will sing the national anthem
We will not show our papers
We will not show our papers
6
tum zaat paat¹ se baaToge
hum bhaat² maaNgte jaayeNge
hum kaaGhaz nahiN dikhaayeNge
hum kaaGhaz nahiN dikhaayeNge   1.castes and communities 2.differences
You will divide us into castes and communities
We will keep demanding and accepting differences
We will not show our papers
We will not show our papers