Where the Mind is Without Fear

The verses

1. Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free;

   Meaning: Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free;

2. Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls;

   Meaning: Where the world has not been broken up into fragments By narrow domestic walls;

3. Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;

   Meaning: Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;

4. Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;

   Meaning: Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;

5. Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action— Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

   Meaning: Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action— Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.