काहे को रोये, चाहे जो होये
सफ़ल होगी तेरी आराधना
काहे को रोये
समा जाये इस में तूफ़ान
जिया तेरा सागर समान
नज़र तेरी काहे नादान
छलक गयी गागर समान
जाने क्यों तूने यूँ
असुवन से नैन भिगोये
काहे को रोये
दिया टूटे तो है माटी
जले तो ये ज्योति बने
बहे आँसू तो है पानी
रुके तो ये मोती बने
ये मोती आँखों की
पूँजी है ये न खोये
काहे को रोये
कहीं पे है दुःख की छाया
कहीं पे है खुशियों की धूप
बुरा भला जैसा भी है
यही तो है बगिया का रूप
फूलों से, कांटों से
माली ने हार पिरोये
काहे को रोये
Do not cry, Come what may. Your devotion will bear fruit
You can weather any storm; your heart is as vast as the ocean, have strength and fortitude. How innocent and naive you are to shed tears. Why moisten your eyes? Why become like a water vessel that spills water and soaks your eyes with tears?
If a diya a lamp, is broken, it is just mud, but if it ignites, it becomes light. Tears being shed are just water, but when contained become pearls. Do not lose the pearls from your eyes.
If sorrow is now casting its shadow, then there will soon be sunshine of joys. Whether good or bad, whatever comes, that is life. A garland is woven from flowers picked from among thorns and the thorns are defeated by the thread that makes the garland. Do not weep.
Singer: S. D. Burman; Movie: Aradhana (1969)
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