Guzara Lyrics English Translation | Lekhak & Vishesh Malik

Kaise hoga guzaara, ye soche
[She thinks about how she will get by]
Usey kaho wo dobara bhi to soche
[Tell her to think again]
Bas apna, hamaara bhi to soche
[She only thinks of herself, she should think of us too]
Mujhse kehti hai wo, tumhaara bhi hum soche
[She asks me, “Should I think for you as well?”]

Hum to bas sukoon maangte hain
[We only ask for peace]
Jo tu kehti hai, zaroor maangte hain
[Whatever you ask for, we definitely ask for it]
Hum nahi, hum tu maangte hain
[We don’t ask for ourselves, we ask for you]
Isse apna gurur maante hai
[We consider this our pride]

Likhe hain maine falsafe
[I have written philosophies]
Unmein se kuch mitaaye bhi
[And have erased some of them too]
Safon mein sach likhe hain
[I have written truths on the pages]
Unmein se kuch banaaye bhi
[And have made up some of them too]
Aadat ko teri aadat hai
[My habit has a habit of you]
Aadat ye chhoot paaye nahi
[This habit cannot be broken]
Gali mein teri aata hun
[I come to your street]
Kabhi to tu takraayegi
[Hoping you’ll run into me sometime]

Aur ye sab to wo jhooth maante hain
[And they consider all this to be a lie]
Jo milna nahi wo kyon maangte hain
[Why do they ask for what they cannot have?]
Teri badgumani un pe bhi ho jaaneman
[May your distrust be upon them too, my love]
Ishq parda zaroor daalte hain
[Love certainly casts a veil]
Pata kya hota hai jab tu jhooth bolti hai
[Do you know what happens when you lie?]
Jhooth sach ho jaata hai
[The lie becomes the truth]
Aur fir tu khoob bolti hai
[And then you speak beautifully]
Par ek din aata hai, fir tu jhooth bolti hai
[But a day comes, and you lie again]
Par mujhe pata hota hai ki tu jhooth bol rahi hai
[But I know that you are lying]

Tu bhi apni hai, hoon said again
[You are also mine, I’ve said it again]
Lot of enemies, apne bane hain gair
[A lot of enemies, our own have become strangers]
Sago mein apne mile kya
[What did we get from our own relatives?]
Sago se apna pyaar
[Our love is from our own]
Ek saheli mujhse kehti dumb, but you are
[A friend tells me I’m dumb, but you are]

I guess she knows, mujhe pyaar hi nahi usse
[I guess she knows, I don’t even love her]
I guess she knows, par ismein koi meri nahi galti
[I guess she knows, but it’s not my fault]
I guess she knows
[I guess she knows]

Kaise hoga guzaara, ye soche
[She thinks about how she will get by]
Usey kaho wo dobara bhi to soche
[Tell her to think again]

Zarurat thi, khola dil jab na zarurat thi
[It was needed, I opened my heart when it wasn’t]
Kone mein rakha ya phenk diya
[You either kept it in a corner or threw it away]
Tofe sambhaalegi, humein sambhaala na
[You’ll take care of gifts, but you didn’t take care of me]
Meri zarurat to bech de
[Then just sell my needs]
Teri gali mein hoga sabse ooncha ghar mera jaaneman
[My house will be the tallest in your street, my love]
Ki tujhe laut ke na aana ghar
[So that you don’t have to return home]

Sach jaanana hai, kehna muh pe mere, aaja sab
[If you want to know the truth, come and say it all to my face]
Kitna main dukhi hua hun, mera hi hai jaaneman
[How sad I’ve become is all on me, my love]
Khada rahe the kaafi, ab thakaan ho gayi
[I stood for long enough, now I am tired]
Tere haathon meri zindagi tabaah ho gayi
[My life has been ruined by your hands]
Accha hua ki, accha nahi kiya
[It’s good that you didn’t do good]
Tune kabhi, accha hua kya, aapki pehchaan ho gayi
[You never did, what good came of it, your true self has been revealed]

Pehchaan ho gayi, teri aankhen jo padi thi
[You were recognized, the way your eyes looked at me]
Aur bekaar ho gayi
[And it became worthless]
Saari zindagi meri to teri baaton mein
[My whole life was spent in your words]
Maine socha na socha tha tu bhi unhein mein hoga
[I never thought you would also be among them]
Jinhone kuch bhi na socha
[Those who never thought at all]

Jo dilaate hain dil pe aane ko
[Those who make others fall in love]
Wahi taraste hain kisi ke ho jaane ko
[Are the ones who yearn to belong to someone]

Kaise hoga guzaara, ye soche
[She thinks about how she will get by]
Usey kaho wo dobara bhi to soche
[Tell her to think again]
Bas apna, hamaara bhi to soche
[She only thinks of herself, she should think of us too]
Mujhse kehti hai wo, tumhaara bhi hum soche
[She asks me, “Should I think for you as well?”]

Hum to bas sukoon maangte hain
[We only ask for peace]
Jo tu kehti hai, zaroor maangte hain
[Whatever you ask for, we definitely ask for it]
Hum nahi, hum tu maangte hain
[We don’t ask for ourselves, we ask for you]
Isse apna gurur maante hai
[We consider this our pride]

Kaise hoga guzaara, ye soche
[She thinks about how she will get by]
Usey kaho wo dobara bhi to soche
[Tell her to think again]
Bas apna, hamaara bhi to soche
[She only thinks of herself, she should think of us too]
Mujhse kehti hai wo, tumhaara bhi hum soche
[She asks me, “Should I think for you as well?”]