Paroles et traduction Jagjit Singh - Tu Kaun Hai

Tu Kaun Hai

Aah ko chahye ik umar asar honay tak
Kaun jeeta hai teri zulf ke sar honay tak
Dham her mauj mein hai halqa-e-sad kaam-e-nahang
Dekhen kya guzarti hai qatre pe gohar honay tak
Aashiqi sabr talab aur tamanna betaab
Dil ka kya rang karoon khoon-e-jigar honay tak
Hum ne mana ke tagaful na karoge lekin
Khaak ho jayenge hum tum ko khabar honay tak
Partav-e-khoor se hai shabnam ko fanaa ki taaleem
Main bhi hoon ek inaayat ki nazar honay tak
Yak-e-nazar besh nahin fursat-e-hasti ghafil
Garmi-e-bazm hai ik raqs-e-sharar honay tak
Gham-e-hasti ka ′Asad' kis se ho juz marg elaaj
Shamma har rang mein jalti hai sehar honay tak

Who Are You

A sigh requires a lifetime to take effect
Who has ever lived to see the end of your tresses?
Every wave is a noose around the neck of the struggling fish
Let's see what happens to a drop before it becomes a pearl
Love demands patience and desire is impatient
How can I color my heart with the blood of my liver?
We have accepted that you will not show us any consideration
But we will be dust before you even notice
The morning dew learns its lesson of mortality from the sun's rays
I too exist only by your grace
A glance is all we have, heedless one
The warmth of our gathering is a dance of sparks
'Asad', what cure is there for the pain of existence except death?
A candle burns brightly in every color until dawn