Mai kaun hoo

Mȧi kaun hoȯ mȧi kahȧa hoȯ
mujhe ye hosh naheė
Kidhar mȧi aaj ravaȧ hoȯ
mujhe ye hosh naheė

Mujhe na haath lagaao
ke mar chukaa hoȯ mȧi
khud apne haath se ye
khoȯn kar chukaa hoȯ mȧi
Phir aaj kaise yahaȧ hoȯ
mujhe ye hosh naheė
Kidhar mȧi aaj…

Mȧi apnee laash uṭhaae
yahȧa chalaa aayaa
Koee bas itnaa bataa de
kahȧa chaalaa aayaa
Ye k‌yaa jagah hai jahȧaṇ hoȯ
mujhe ye hosh naheė
Kidhar mȧi aaj…

Koee na aaye yahȧa ye
mazaar meraa hai
Khaṛaa hoȯ kab se
mujhe intazaar meraa hai
Ye k‌yaa kahȧa mȧi yahȧa hoȯ
mujhe ye hosh naheė
Kidhar mȧi aaj…

Who am I? Where am I? I’m not conscious about this. Where am I off to today? I am not conscious of this.

Don’t touch me for I am dead already – by my own hands. This murder I have already committed! Then how come I am here today? I am not conscious of this.

Picking up my own corpse, here have come, someone at least let me know, where have I come to? What is this place where I am at? I am not conscious of this.

Let no one come here, this grave is mine. For how long have I been standing here? The wait is all mine. What can you say by saying that I am here? I am not conscious of this

Mohammed Rafi; Chup Rahungi (1962)


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