RANGEEN GALIYAN HO GAYIN
STREETS ARE COLOURED WITH BLOOD
Bejaan raahen ho gayin
veeran basti ho gayin
All the walkways are lifeless
and the neighbourhood is lonely
Rung chehron ke udde
rangeen galiyaan ho gayin
Faces have become pale
streets are colored with blood
Insaan chhota rah gaya
deevaren unchi ho gayin
Man has become small
while walls between have grown tall
Band karmron me havayen
khamosh marhal ho gayin
Breezes in the closed rooms
have become deadly silent
Rokar koi kya karey
khushk aankhen ho gayin
what good is crying now
when eyes can’t shed tears (are dry)
STREETS ARE COLOURED WITH BLOOD
Bejaan raahen ho gayin
veeran basti ho gayin
All the walkways are lifeless
and the neighbourhood is lonely
Rung chehron ke udde
rangeen galiyaan ho gayin
Faces have become pale
streets are colored with blood
Insaan chhota rah gaya
deevaren unchi ho gayin
Man has become small
while walls between have grown tall
Band karmron me havayen
khamosh marhal ho gayin
Breezes in the closed rooms
have become deadly silent
Rokar koi kya karey
khushk aankhen ho gayin
what good is crying now
when eyes can’t shed tears (are dry)