Awaarapan Banjarapan...

Awaarapaan Banjarapaan
Ek Hala Hai Sine Mein
Har Dam Har Pal Bechaini Hai
Kaun Bhala Hai Seene Mein
(I have no home,
am lonely I,
In heart I have a toxic wine;
Every moment is despair,
Who torments me in heart of mine?)

Is Dharti Par Jis Pal Suraj
Roz Savere Ugta Hai
Apne Liye To Thik Usi Pal
Roz Dhala Hai Seene Mein
(Sun rises on earth every day,
Daily there is sun-rise;
But that moment for me is,
Like sun-set, my own demise.)

Jane Yeh Kaisi Aag Lagi Hai
Is Mein Dhua Na Chingari
Ho Na Ho Us Par Kahin Koi
Khwaab Jala Hai Seene Mein
(What is this that smoulders in my heart,
Smoke is not and spark is none;
Looks like somewhere distant,
Dream one more is burnt and gone.)

Jis Raste Par Tapta Suraj
Sari Raat Nahi Dhalta
Ishq Ki Aisi Raha-Guzar Ko
Hum Ne Chuna Hai Seene Mein
(Path on which sun and its warmth,
Both are present all night long;
Such is the path of my love,
On which I trudge with my song.)

Kahan Kise Ke Liye Hai Mumkin
Sab Ke Liye Ek Sa Hona
Thoda Sa Dil Mera Bura Hai
Thoda Bhala Hai Seene Mein
(No one in the world can view
Everyone without a taint;
Even in my lonely heart,
Someone holds a candle faint.)

Dil Jis Cheez Ko Haan Kehta Hai
Zahen Usi Ko Kehata Hai Na
Ishq Mein Uff Yeh Khud Hi Se Ladhna
Ek Saza Hai Seene Mein
(My heart me pulls to my love,
But mind tells me otherwise;
Oh! This fighting with oneself,
Why should my heart be in blight?)

Khanjar Se Haaton Pe Lakeeren
Koi Bhala Kya Likh PayaHumne
Magar Ek Paagalpan Mein
Khud Ko Chhala Hai Seene Mein
(Lines of fate writ large on palm
with knife can not be altered;
Even self deception this
Tried my heart but, yes, faltered.)