# Tarana-e-Pakistan

"O Land of the Pure" is claimed to be Pakistan's first national anthem, which was broadcast on the country's national radio on 14 August 1947. An unsubstantiated claim is that it was composed by Jagannath Azad at the request of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. It was never officially adopted as Pakistan's national anthem and the current anthem was officially adopted as Pakistan's national anthem in 1954.

## History
### Controversy

For the first time in 2004, it was claimed by an Indian journalist that the first national anthem of Pakistan was written by Jagan Nath Azad, a Hindu poet from Isakhel in Mianwali, on the personal request of Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It was alleged that Jinnah asked Azad to write the anthem on 11 August 1947 and that it was later approved by Jinnah as the official national anthem for the next year and a half. However, this claim is historically unsubstantiated, disputed and controversial. Many historians, including Safdar Mahmood and Aqeel Abbas Jafri, reject this claim and believe that Jagan Nath Azad neither met Jinnah nor wrote Pakistan's first national anthem.

## Lyrics

| Urdu | Roman Urdu | English translation |
| ذرے تیرے ہیں آج ستاروں سے تابناک روشن ہے کہکشاں سے کہیں آج تیری خاک تندیِ حاسداں پہ ہے غالب تیرا سواک دامن وہ سل گیا ہے جو تھا مدتوں سے چاک اے سرزمینِ پاک اب اپنے عزم کو ہے نیا راستہ پسند اپنا وطن ہے آج زمانے میں سربلند پہنچا سکے گا اسکو نہ کوئی بھی اب گزند اپنا عَلم ہے چاند ستاروں سے بھی بلند اب ہم کو دیکھتے ہیں عطارد ہو یا سماک اے سرزمینِ پاک اترا ہے امتحاں میں وطن آج کامیاب اب حریت کی زلف نہیں محو پیچ و تاب دولت ہے اپنے ملک کی بے حد و بے حساب ہوں گے ہم اپنے ملک کی دولت سے فیضیاب مغرب سے ہم کو خوف نہ مشرق سے ہم کو باک اے سرزمینِ پاک اپنے وطن کا آج بدلنے لگا نظام اپنے وطن میں آج نہیں ہے کوئی غلام اپنا وطن ہے راہ ترقی پہ تیزگام آزاد، بامراد، جواں بخت شادکام اب عطر بیز ہیں جو ہوائیں تھیں زہرناک اے سرزمینِ پاک ذرے تیرے ہیں آج ستاروں سے تابناک روشن ہے کہکشاں سے کہیں آج تیری خاک اے سرزمینِ پاک | Zarre tere haiñ āj sitāroñ se tābnāk Roshan hai kahkashāñ se kahīñ āj teri khāk Tundi-ye-hāsdān pe hai ghālib tera sivāk Dāman vo sil gaya hai jo tha mudatoñ se cāk E sarzamīn-e-Pāk! Ab apne azm ko hai naya rāstah pasand Apna vatan hai āj zamāne maiñ sarbuland Pahonca sake ga isko nah koi bhi ab gazand Apna alam hai cānd sitāroñ se bhi buland Ab ham ko dekhte haiñ atārad ho ya samāk E sarzamīn-e-Pāk! Utra hai imtihāñ maiñ vatan āj kāmyāb Ab hurriyat ki zulf nahīñ mahv-e-paic-o-tāb Daulat hai apne mulk ki be had-o-be hisāb Hoñ ge ham apne mulk ki daulat se faizyāb Maghrib se hum ko khauf nah mashriq se hum ko bāk E sarzamīn-e-Pāk! Apne vatan ka āj badalne laga nizām Apne vatan maiñ āj nahīñ hai koi ghulām Apna vatan hai rah-e-taraqqi pe tezgām Āzād, bāmurād javāñ bakht shādkām Ab itr bez haiñ jo havāiñ thīñ zehrnāk E sarzamīn-e-Pāk! Zare tere haiñ āj sitāroñ se tābnāk Roshan hai kahkashāñ se kahīñ āj teri khāk E sarzamīn-e-Pāk! | The grains of thy soil are glowing today Brighter than the stars and the galaxy Awe-struck is the enemy by thy will-power Open wounds are sewn; we've found a cure O Land of the Pure! New paths of progress, we resolve to tread Proudly our nation stands with a high head Our flag is aflutter above the moon and the stars As planets look up to us be it Mercury or Mars No harm will now come from anywhere for sure O Land of the Pure! The nation has tasted success at last Now freedom struggle is a thing of the past The wealth of our country knows no bounds For us are its benefits and bounty all around Of East and West, we have no fear O Land of the Pure! Change has become the order of the day No one is a slave in the nation today On the road to progress, we're swiftly going along Independent and fortunate, happy as a song Gloomy winds are gone, sweet freedom's in the air O Land of the Pure! The grains of thy soil are glowing today Brighter than the stars and the Milky Way O Land of the Pure! |