Hawa Banke

Koi daliyan ‘chon langhiya hawa banke

Someone drifted past my branches like a fleeting gust of wind.

Asin reh gaye birakh wali ha banke

I am left standing like a desolate tree, sighing in the silence.

Koi daliyan ‘chon langhiya hawa banke

That presence passed through my limbs, untouchable and airy.

Asin reh gaye birakh wali ha banke

And I remain, a tree stuck in a state of eternal mourning.

Pairan teriyan ‘te door-door teek mere patte

My leaves have fallen far and wide, covering the path where you stood,

Digge meriyan baharan da gunaah banke

serving as a silent testimony to the sins of my lost springtime.

Asin reh gaye birakh wali ha banke

Leaving me only with the hollowness of a tree's deep breath.

Koi daliyan ‘chon langhiya

That fleeting spirit bypassed my branches.

Kadi bandeyan de waang saanu mileya vi kar

Why not try meeting me like a real, grounded human for once?

Aiven langh jaanen paani, kade ‘wa banke

You cannot keep treating me like a passing river or the shifting wind.

Asin reh gaye birakh waali ha banke

I am stuck in the melancholy of a tree waiting for a season that never returns.

Koi daliyan ‘chon langhiya hawa banke

A soul drifted through, leaving only empty air.

Jadon milya si handa si sanwra jiha

When we first met, you were just a humble, earthly soul,

Jadon juda hoya tur gaya Khuda banke

but now that you are gone, you have become a distant, divine memory.

Asin reh gaye birakh wali ha banke

And here I stand, like a tree whispering its loneliness to the wind.

Koi daliyan ‘chon langhiya hawa banke

You were just a passing breeze through my life.

Asin reh gaye birakh wali ha banke

Leaving me as a tree frozen in a long, cold sigh.

Koi daliyan ‘chon langhiya

You slipped through my branches and vanished.