Whispers & Wounds Lyrics English Translation | Dhanda Nyoliwala

Tera ke bayaan, teri ke daastan,

[What can be said about you, what is your story,]

Tu jis gali te guzri, akal to logan di andha kar diya.

[Whichever street you passed through, you blinded people's minds.]

Teri ek nazar pe, kisi sardar ne qabila girvi dhar diya.

[On just one glance from you, a chief mortgaged his tribe.]

Taaviz be-asar, fakeer khade reh gaye,

[Amulets were ineffective, the holy men were left standing,]

Shikari de tarkash mein teer gale reh gaye.

[The arrows in the hunter's quiver remained unused.]

Tu dariya kinare keh gayi, machli ki paani mein jeen ki aas bujh gayi,

[You spoke by the river, and the fish's hope of living in the water was extinguished,]

Suraj ne badal ki ote le li, dhoop ki pyaas bujh gayi.

[The sun took cover behind the clouds, the thirst for sunlight was quenched.]

Nirdosh faansi de fande pe jhool gaye,

[The innocent were hanged on the gallows,]

Raatan ne jugnu chamakna bhool gaye.

[The fireflies forgot to shine at night.]

Tanne jis-jis bhi pedh te chhua tha, uske patjhad mein bhi phool khile hain.

[Whichever tree you touched, flowers bloomed on it even in autumn.]

Jis-jis ne bhi tainu chhoon ki sochi, ve pagal ho gaye, dhoonda to badi door mile hain.

[Whoever even thought of touching you, they went mad; when searched for, they were found far away.]

College de kamre di us khidki ke, jiske tere hath lage the,

[That window of the college room, which your hands had touched,]

Kayi saal to tere deewano ne uske rang nahi hon diya hai.

[For many years, your admirers have not let its color fade.]

Ek din, ek lecture, ek mez par saath laga ke tu chali to gayi,

[One day, one lecture, you sat together at one table and then left,]

Uske baad teri yaadon ne us chhore te kitni raat nahi son diya hai.

[After that, your memories did not let that boy sleep for many nights.]

Tera ishq ibadat, tu koi devi ki murat hogi,

[Your love is worship, you must be the idol of a goddess,]

Tu agar haqeeqat hogi, to kitni khoobsurat hogi.

[If you were real, how beautiful you would be.]