Shiv Kumar Batalvi

 

MaeN Kal NaheeN Rahina

   

MaeN Kal NaheeN Rahina - I Will Not Be Here Tomorow

Ni jiNde
MaeN kal naheeN rahina!
Ahj raateeN asaaN ghuT baahaaN vich
GeetaaN da ik chuman laena,
Ni jiNde
MaeN kal naheeN rahina!

Listen, O my life,
I will not be here tomorrow.
Tonight, we will clutch a song tightly,
And claim its kiss.
Listen, O my life
I will not be here tomorrow.

Na kal khiRna chaanan da phul
Na kal khiRna chaMba,
Na kal baageeN mahikaaN phirna
Kar ke ni sir naNga.
Na ahj vaakan
Lif lif TaahnaaN
Dharti paereeN paenaaN!
Ni jiNde
MaeN kal naheeN rahina!

The moonlight will not flower tomorrow,
Nor will the magnolia bloom.
Perfumes will not roam the garden,
With uncovered head.
Nor, like today
Will yielding branches
Bend to touch the earth,
Listen, O my life
I will not be here tomorrow.

KooNjaaN uhD puhD jaana
Kidare door disaureeN
Kal tak peeR mere nu samiyaaN
Var lae jaana zoreeN
Na ruhtaaN gal
Kal nu rahina
PhulaaN da koi gahina,
Ni jiNde
MaeN kal naheeN rahina!

The cranes will have scattered,
Flown far away.
By tomorrow, time, like a husband,
Will have carried off my pain.
No longer will flowers lie like jewels
Around the throat
Of the season.
Listen, O my life
I will not be here tomorrow.

Na rahvaaN diyaaN paeRaaN kal nu
Din chaRde tak jeena,
Na mere geetaaN birhe joga
Sucha jhaga seena.
MuR na tavaareekh di CHaaveN
INj haNju koi bahina,
Ni jiNde
MaeN kal naheeN rahina!

By daybreak the footprints on paths
Will not be traceable.
No longer will my songs sew a robe
True to separation.
Never will tears collect like this again,
Beneath the shadows of the past.
Listen, O my life
I will not be here tomorrow.

Na aj vaakan muR ke ral mil
Tu bahina maeN bahina
Na kal edaaN suraj chaRna
Na kal edaaN lahina,
Same de paNCHi
Daana daana
SaahvaaN da chuk laena,
Ni jiNde
MaeN kal naheeN rahina!
Ahj raateeN asaaN ghuT baahaaN vich
GeetaaN da ik chuman laena.

Not, like today, will we sit together again
You and I.
Not, like this, will will the sun rise tomorrow,
Nor, like this, will it set.
The bird of time
Will have collected
Every single grain of my breath.
Listen, O my life.
I will not be here tomorrow.
Tonight we will clutch a song tightly
And claim its kiss.

     
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