National Song -- Vande Mataram 
 
Original English Translation
Vande Mataram!
Sujalam, suphalam,
malayaja shitalam,
Shasyashyamalam,
Mataram!

Shubhrajyothsna
pulakitayaminim
Phullakusumita drumadala
shobinim
Suhasinim sumadhura
bhashinim,
Sukhadam varadam,
Mataram!

 I bow to thee, Mother,
richly-watered, richly-fruited
cool with the winds of the south,
dark with the crops of the harvests,
The Mother!

Her nights rejoicing in the
glory of the moonlight
her lands clothed beautifully
with her trees in flowering bloom
sweet of laughter, sweet of 
speech
The Mother, giver of boons,
giver of bliss!
 
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