Mugham Baat Paheli Jaisi

Muggham baat pahelii jaisii,

bas wohii buujhe jisako bujaaye;

Bhed na paaye to ghabaraaye;

bhed jo paaye to ghabaraaye.

Your enigmatic talks,

diminishes only the intended one;

Damned if you get it (understand)!

Damned if you don't.

Jisako akele mein aa aa kar,

dhyaan teraa rah rah ke sataaye;

Chupke chupke baitthaa roye,

aansuu ponchhe aur rah jaaye.

Whom your relentless thoughts

torment in solitude,

Alone he sits, cries

and wipes the endless tears.

Saarii kahaanii bechainii kii,

maathe par likh detii hai;

Aisii baat ki ghut-tey ghut-tey,

muh tak aaye aur rah jaaye.

Story of restlessness

visible on the forehead,

Such are the suffocating feelings,

that stay stuck at the lips, remain unspoken.

Aarazuu apanii dhun kaa hain pakkaa,

tthaan chukaa hain marane kii;

Jaanaa buujhaa rog hain yeh to,

samajhe hue ko kyaa samajhaaye.

My desires are firm,

to see my own end;

It is a known ailment,

futile to convince otherwise,

the one who already knows.