Sleep my angel the night is lost

(English Translation:  )

Saun jaa mere maalika viraan hui raat

(Punjabi in Roman)

Sleep my angel the darkness rules

The star-awaited dawn is drowned in gloom

The miasma of death hangs over the world

The mehfils have dispersed

The desolate shadows’ve taken over

Life is still, have gone deaf

And the universe’s passed out in distress.

The wells are awake with human rot

The neighbourhoods’ve slept off,

Lifeless, lonely, distraught

The fires’ve gone cold, the earth is faint

Still in the chests are blood and bayonets

The iron has slept off after a hard day’s work.

Sleep, do not let your eyes taper off in tears

The star-awaited dawn would’nt be lost forever

Not forever would the men thirst for blood

Not forever would the blood trickle down the earth

Not forever would the night be lost.

saun jaa mere maalka ve varteyaa haner,

ve kaalkhaan ch taareyaan di dubb gayi saver

ve passari jahaan utte maut di havaard

ve khind gayiaan mehfilaan te chhaa gayi ujaard

Hai khuhaan vich aadmi di jaagdi sardaand,

te saun gaye ne aadmi ton sakhkhanne gavaandh;

ve seet ne muaate te ghash hai zameen,

ve seeneyaan vich sunn doven khoon te sangeen;

vihlaa ho ke saun geyaa ai lohaa ispaat.

Saun ja inj akhkhiyaan chon akhkhiyaan na ker,

sitaareyaan di sadaa nahin dubbanni saver;

hamesh nahin kuddanna manukh te janoon,

hamesh nahin dullanna zameen utte khoon;

hamesh na varaan honni ajj vaang raat

Saun ja mere maalkaa varaan hoi raat...