Apni Dhun Mein Rehta Hoon
Main Bhi Tere Jaisa Hoon
Roaming within my own tunes I am
O’ just like you I am
Oh Pichhlee Rut Ke Saathi
Abke Baras Main Tanha Hoon
O’ friend of the past season
This year completely alone I am
Teri Gali Mein Sara Din
Dukh Ke Kankar Chunta Hoon
Whole day, in your street
Collecting the pebbles of sorrows I am
Mera Diya Jalaye Kuan
Main Tera Khali Kamra Hoon
Who will set my lamp alight?
O’ your vacated room I am
Apni Leher Hai Apna Rog
Dariya Hoon Aur Pyasaa Hoon
My own wave is the malady
Ocean I am and yet so thirsty I am
Aati Rut Mujhe Royegi
Jaati Rut Ka Jhonka Hoon*
Coming season will weep for me
O’ breeze of the ending season I am
— Translated by Jamil Hussain, Poet Nasir Kazmi, Sung by Ghulam Ali
