वन्दे मातरम् । = I bow to my glorious motherland:
सुजलां सुफलां = of plentiful streams of purest water,and bountiful orchards of choicest fruits.
मलयजशीतलां = Where blows breeze, fragrant and cool like the sandalwood on the Malaya hills of Southern India
शस्यश्यामलां मातरम् । = and crops flourish on the rich black soil.
वन्दे मातरम् । = O mother that nourishes us all,O motherland, my respectful salutations!
शुभ्रज्योत्स्नापुलकितयामिनीम् = Where night turns bright in shining moonlight,
फुल्लकुसुमितद्रुमदलशोभिनीम् = flowers bloom and shoots adorn,
सुहासिनीं सुमधुरभाषिणीम् = ever smiling and ever mellifluous,
सुखदां वरदां मातरम् ॥ = who, like a mother, grants every wish and joy.
वन्दे मातरम् । = To such motherland, my respectful salutations!