Kūvān
Majeed Amjad
Kūvaan chal rahaa hai! Magar khet sukhe paṛe hein — naa faslein, naa khirman, naa daanaa, naa shaakhon kī baahein, naa phulon ke mukhṛe, naa kalīyon ke maathe, naa ruth kī javaanī guzartaa hai, kyaaron ke pyaase kinaaron ko yūn chīr ta tez khūn rang paanī ke jis tara zakhmon kī dukhtī tapaktī tehon mein kisī neshtar kī ravaanī
Idhar dhīrī dhīrī
Kūvein kī nafīrī
Hai cheṛe chalī jaa rahī aik taraanaa
Purasraar gaanaa
Jise sun kar raqsaan hai andhe, thake haare, bejaan bailon kaa joṛaa bichaaraa
Giraan baar zanjīren, bhaarī salaasil, kaṛakte hūe aatishen taazyaane
Tavīl aur laamuntahī raaste par bichaa rakhe hein daam apne qazaa ne
Idhar vo musībat ke saathī milaae hūe sīngon se sīng, shaanon se shaane
Ravaan hein naa jaane
Kidhar? Kis ṭhikaane?
Naa rukne kī taab aur naa chalne kaa yaaraa
Muqadar nayaaraa
Kūvein vaalaa, gaadī pe leṭaa hai mast apnī bansī kī mīṭhī surīlī sadaa mein
Kahīn khet sūkhaa paṛaa reh gayaa aur naa us tak kabī aaī paanī kī baarī
Kahīn beh gein aik hī tundrele kī fayaaz lehron mein kiyaarī ki kiyaarī
Kahīn ho gein dhūl mein dhūl laakhon, rangaa rang faslein, samardaar saarī
Pareshaan pareshaan,
Gurezaan Gurezaan,
Taṛaptī hein khusbūen daam-e-havaa mein
Nizaam-e-fanaa mein
Aur aik naghmaa sarmadī kaan mein aa rahaa hein, musalsal kūvaan chal rahaa hai
Piyaa pe magar narm rū is kī raftaar, peham magar be-takaan is kī gardish
Adam se azal tak, azal se abad tak, badaltī nahī aik aan us kī gardish
Naa jaane līye apne dolaab kī aastīnon mein kitne jahaan us kī gardish
Ravaan hai ravaan hai
Tapaan hai tapaan hai
Ye chakar yun hī jaawidaan chal rahaa hai
Kūvaan chal rahaa hai