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15

Mile Sur Mera Tumhara!

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Happy Indian Independence Day. Most of us have watched and heard the multi-lingual unity song “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara” on Doordarshan. The song is in 15 Indian languages, and the lyrics in each language roughly mean “when your tune unites with my tune, it becomes our tune”. It was a permanent fixture on Indian state TV in late 1980s.

Most of us know 2-3 of the languages, and understand a couple more well enough to understand the lyrics. I was keen to get the full lyrics of this song, with each language portion in respective script, so I started a thread on yahoo group Hindi-Forum last year. The thread didn’t run very long, but Arvind Iyengar, a super-linguist in an engineering student’s garb, helped complete the lyrics single-handedly. Still there are apparently some errors left. Recognize your language from the lyrics below, and let me know if there are any errors. Read the lyrics in Devanagari here, and in respective scripts here (multi-lingual Unicode font needed, e.g., Arial Unicode MS).

[hi] Mile sur meraa tumhaaraa to sur bane hamaaraa
sur kii nadiyaa har dishaa se baha ke saagar me.n mile
baadalo.n kaa ruup le kar barase halke halke
mile sur meraa tumhaaraa to sur bane hamaaraa
mile sur meraa tumhaaraa …

[ks] chaa’ny’ taraz tay myaany’ taraz
ik-vaT bani yi saa’ny’ taraz

[pa] tera sur mile mere sur de naal
milke bane ik nava sur taal

[hi] mile sur meraa tumhaaraa to sur bane hamaaraa

[sn] muhinjo sur tohi desan piyaaraa mile jaDe.n
giit asaanjo madhur taraano bane taDe.n

[ur] sur kaa dariyaa baha ke saagar me.n mile

[pa] badlaa.N daa ruup laike barsan haule haule

[ta] isaindaal namm iruvarin suramum namadakkum
tisai ve’ru aaanaalum aaLi ser
mugilaay maLaiyay poLivadu pol isai
namm isai..

[ka]nanna dhwanige’ ninna dhwaniya
seridante’ namma dhwaniya

[te] naa swaramu nii swaramu sangammamai
mana swaranga avatarinche

[ma] ente swaravum negaludae swaravum
otthu chernu naamudae swaramayi.

[bn] tomaar shur moder shur
srishTi korur oiko shur

[as] srishTi ho oiko taan

[or] toma mora swarera milan
srishTi kare chaalbochatan

[gu] mile sur jo thaaro mhaaro
baNe aapaNo sur niraalo

[mr] maanjhaa tumchyaa jultaa taaraa
madhur suraaanchaa barastii dhaaraa

[hi] sur kii nadiyaa.n har dishaa se baha ke saagar me.n mile.n
baadalo.n kaa ruup le ke barase halke halke
o mile sur meraa tumhaaraa to sur bane hamaaraa
mile sur meraa tumhaaraa …
to sur bane hamaaraa …

Update Sep-09,’06

I have received numerous comments and emails from readers asking for the original video of the song. I kept searching for it myself, and finally, I found it today on YouTube. Looks like YouTube user Ottawa has uploaded it two months ago. So, I have added the video above.

Update Sep-10,’07

Exactly one year after the above update, reader Gurudev pointed me to the above higher quality version. Dhanyavaad, Gurudev.

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95 Comments to “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara!”

  1. yogesh patel says:
    June 19, 2007 at 6:35 am

    Mile sur mera tumhra is not song for me it is prayer for me.when I listen it I feel that I am with so many gods.I am looking for oreginal version of this song.

  2. Uttam Thakor says:
    July 18, 2007 at 3:46 am

    HI,
    Its Really marvelous Work..
    I was finding this song n Lyrics since long time…
    Thank you very much …

  3. Baljeet says:
    July 31, 2007 at 5:31 am

    Thanks a Lot… :D

  4. SUZAAN says:
    August 15, 2007 at 10:07 pm

    WOW!!!!!!!!!!! FANTASTIC

  5. sashi says:
    August 19, 2007 at 12:00 pm

    hiiiiiiii i thanq you tube 2 show this song 2 me . i cn this song after 7years

  6. Nitin Mittal says:
    August 23, 2007 at 10:20 am

    Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,

    Really thankful to show this video. I was looking for this video since a very very long time…Thanks a lot…

  7. Rajiv Goel says:
    September 9, 2007 at 2:00 am

    Can anyone let me know the name of composer/writer of ‘Mile sur mera tumhara?’

  8. Gurudev says:
    September 10, 2007 at 5:37 pm

    Guys, a high quality version of this song is now available on youtube at
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caUMs9gKh7A

    Cheers
    Gurudev

  9. Administrator says:
    September 10, 2007 at 8:15 pm

    Thanks, Gurudev. I have embedded the better quality video you told me about.

  10. Ramesh says:
    October 18, 2007 at 6:35 am

    Thanks Binu…
    But there is a small correction

    [ma] ninDe’ swaramum nii.ngaLuDe’ swaramum
    dhaTTuche’yum namuDe’ya swaram

    well it actually goes as

    ente swaravum ningaludae swaravum
    othu chernnu nammudae “swaramayi”

    translated to be as my sound and your sound joined to form our sound thats roughly the same meaning in every language rt!?
    gr8 work by the by is there any chance of getting of good print for donloads if so do let me know

  11. VEERESH M S says:
    October 19, 2007 at 3:38 am

    THAKS A LOT I WAS SEARCHING THIS SONG FOR LAST ONE MONTH

    GREAT JOB…………….

  12. Shreenivas says:
    October 23, 2007 at 2:20 pm

    thanx a lot dear… bachpan ki yaadein lauta di…

  13. anupam goel says:
    November 3, 2007 at 2:59 pm

    Thanks to Mr. Gurudev.
    U really obliged many indians, who were searching for this “mile sur”.

    Anupam Goel

  14. Karnik Kothari says:
    November 7, 2007 at 9:31 am

    Hey Dude
    Can anyone tell me how can i download this video???

  15. Sayed Basha_Auriga says:
    November 9, 2007 at 11:38 pm

    Nice…Nice ….it’s one My Old DD Fav….Music and Videos…ThanQ

  16. Reetesh says:
    February 6, 2008 at 5:35 am

    Great work, I was looking for this song from so many days, god bless you.

  17. george arun devasia says:
    February 26, 2008 at 3:39 am

    there is a slight modification you have to make in the above written malayalam line from our national integrity song. here am sending the correct lyrics..

    [ma] “…. ente swaravum negaludae swaravum otthu chernu naamudae swaramayi….”

    it means “…my voice merges with yours , together its our voice…”

    please edit these line and update as soon as possible…

    arun george devasia
    kerala

  18. Administrator says:
    February 26, 2008 at 12:35 pm

    Thanks George, I have updated the lyrics.

  19. Doyeli Basu Paul says:
    March 11, 2008 at 6:40 am

    Thanks…This song reminds me my country everytime I listen the song…I am proud to be an INDIAN.

  20. Mile sur Mera Tumhara - Nostalgia « Sami Cuts Right Here says:
    May 30, 2008 at 2:39 am

    [...] more about mile tur mera tumhara here and here is the lyrics of one of my all time favourite [...]

  21. mayur says:
    August 28, 2008 at 6:16 am

    Please please i required this video.

    Thanks in advance.

    Mayur

  22. Sandeep says:
    September 21, 2008 at 11:49 am

    PLease send the MP3 at below email id I will be really very much thankfull to you by returning me my childhood memory.

  23. Administrator says:
    September 21, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Sandeep,

    To download the mp3, go to top of this post, right click on the link that says “audio” and choose “save target as”.

  24. Varun says:
    October 11, 2008 at 3:08 am

    hey guys this is to all specially to the administrator i have got meny songs in which i think meny ppl will be intrested and i would like to share it with you guys….but u will have to promise that u will not give it to anyone……………………………..just kidding man u have to promise that u all will take pain and spread this video as i m doin…because i also got these videos after this promise mail me if anyone wants these old video or tell me a place where i can upload all the videos so that every Indian can download….my mail id
    varuns_love4u@yahoo.co.in

  25. abhishek jaiswal says:
    October 14, 2008 at 9:02 pm

    To see the beautiful song of the freedom run or also called the torch song (in which there are all the players like kapil dev) you can go to you tube and type “Spread the light of freedom” or else go to the following link http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=P68WBjaqSbI

  26. ak says:
    November 1, 2008 at 4:26 am

    its very good for unity of our hindia at this corrupted time.

  27. Vinayak says:
    November 4, 2008 at 11:03 am

    I had done a post about that that wonderful Torch song sometime ago. You can find the video and the song here:
    Torch of Freedom

  28. Ramkumar.P says:
    November 10, 2008 at 7:49 am

    Please send me for video

  29. Gajjar Jigar says:
    November 26, 2008 at 2:02 am

    It was fantastic, it’s unbeliavble for me, i can’t listen this type of marvelous
    song in my life, I have no words to explain this song, it’s trully majestic,
    thanks,
    thanks a lot,

    I required this song cd or mail or what ever
    please do the need ful

  30. Kavitha says:
    November 30, 2008 at 2:00 am

    Hi,

    Thanks for posting this song.

    looking for this song for a long time……………

  31. kitReumsmeefs says:
    December 19, 2008 at 2:23 am

    Hi

    As a fresh kaulonline.com user i just wanted to say hi to everyone else who uses this bbs ;-)

  32. Rahul.S.K.M. says:
    December 19, 2008 at 8:56 am

    hi,

    Thanks for posting song and video.
    i am looking this song for a long time. …..

  33. Rohit,iitb says:
    January 6, 2009 at 1:21 pm

    Thanx to abhishek jaiswal for the link
    http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=P68WBjaqSbI
    I was looking for this video since a long time..
    One of the most inspirational music I have ever heard.

  34. Joe Skaria says:
    January 11, 2009 at 4:07 am

    Thanks for posting song and video.
    i am looking this song for a long time.

  35. prashanth says:
    January 28, 2009 at 4:12 am

    woooow

  36. shrikant_rotkar12 says:
    March 10, 2009 at 1:54 am

    When i ma listening this song than i feel realy proud there is no gap between any leungage this song is take away from a purticular religion. That is awsoum.

  37. siddhu says:
    April 29, 2009 at 1:37 am

    Thanks…This song reminds me my country everytime I listen the song…

    Pls help me ….can u send me this Video & MP3 song….My Email ID is

    siddhu.pari@yahoo.co.in

  38. Abhijit says:
    June 20, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    It is a very nice song from our childhood. I will thank you if u give me this song with video. Thanks in advance

  39. chaitanya says:
    July 19, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    Thank u very much!!! At last I got this song !!!!

  40. lalitha says:
    August 11, 2009 at 6:09 am

    hey, can i also get another song from Doordarshan in which the sports lamp (jyothi) will be passed onto many people, singing.. Remember ??

  41. sharmila says:
    August 18, 2009 at 8:04 am

    Dear friends

    if u have this video pls send me. my email id is ala.sharmila@yahoo.com

    sharmila

  42. anurag says:
    December 6, 2009 at 11:49 pm

    PLZ SEND “Mile Sur Mera Tumhara!” TO ME
    THANK YOU

  43. Dinesh says:
    December 28, 2009 at 1:35 am

    the correct lyrics for the Tamil song is

    [ta] isaindhaal namm iruvarin suramum namadhaagum
    thisai vaeraanaalum aaLi ser aarugal
    mugiLaai maLayaai poLivadhu pol isai
    namm isai..

    The word “aarugal” is missing. Kindly update it.

  44. Dhaval Tamhane says:
    March 17, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    Thanks!!! I needed that…

  45. Prashant says:
    August 20, 2010 at 11:25 am

    It’s the song of india.

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