Questions

Kahton kahton..

Why, tell me why..

Kahton chhad gi ae tu mainu

Why did you just walk out of my life?

Kahton rokeya ni main tainu

Why was I too frozen to stop you?

Kahton samajh na paya main

Why was I so blind to the reality?

Kahton dil ch vasaya tainu

Why did I let you occupy every corner of my heart?

Hunn uthde sawal

Now there are only haunting questions,

Uthde sawal jadd aundi teri yaad

Questions flooding in every time I remember you.

Hunn uthde sawal

I am drowning in these unanswered doubts,

Uthde sawal jadd aundi teri yaad

Memories are the only things that remain.

Kahton roz teri yaad mainu aave

Why does your image haunt me every damn day?

Kahton hanju methon jaande nahio ginn

Why can't I stop the endless flow of tears?

Kahton akhiyan ch dard na jaave tere bin

Why is the void you left behind so agonizingly painful?

Ni dilan vich tu vasi ae

You are etched into my very soul.

Tainu bhuleya vi na methon jaave

I am paralyzed by the inability to let you go.

Ni dilan vich tu vasi ae

My heart is still your permanent home.

Sawal ehi mainu samajh na aave

This is the one mystery I cannot crack.

Kahton hoya nai pyar dubara

Why has my heart refused to fall again?

Kahton dil nu na lagge koyi pyara

Why does everyone else feel like a ghost compared to you?

Kahton jind saddi utte ruki aa

Why is my existence stuck at that specific moment?

Jithe aakhiri si hoyi mulakaat

The very spot where we said our final goodbye.

Kahton kalla paina rehna

Why am I forced to walk this lonely road?

Dardan nu sehna

Suffering through this silent torment?

Dukha ki aen yaadan nu

Why are these memories acting like a curse?

Dil mannda nai kehna

My stubborn heart refuses to take any advice.

Tere ne jo naina

Those eyes of yours,

Sovan kivein raatan nu

How am I supposed to find sleep at night?

Hunn uthde sawal

Now there are only burning questions,

Uthde sawal jadd aundi teri yaad

They surface every time your memory strikes.

Hunn uthde sawal

I'm lost in a sea of whys,

Uthde sawal jadd aundi teri yaad

And your face is the only thing I see.

Kahton roz teri yaad mainu aave

Why does the memory of you keep coming back to haunt me?

Kahton hanju methon jaande nahio ginn

Why are my tears falling faster than I can count?

Kahton akhiyan ch dard na jaave tere bin

Why does this emptiness feel so heavy without your presence?

Dass de jawab

Just give me one honest answer,

Mainu dass de jawab

Tell me why we ended this way,

Mainu dass de jawab

I need to understand the silence,

Mainu dass de jawab

Give me the reason for this torture.

Chhad gayi kyun ve marjaane nu

Why did you leave this broken soul behind?

Duniya de taane hunn khaan nu

To feast on the scorn and taunts of the world?

De gayi tu hanju marjaane nu

You left me nothing but sorrow to drown in.

Dilan ch karde dafaane nu

Burying the pieces of us deep in my heart.

Kahton tu khole chain mere

Why did you rob me of my inner peace?

Dage hunn gham mere naal

Now, sorrow is my only faithful companion.

Tere naale taan jadd ho juga

When we cross paths again in another lifetime,

Phir tu hi puchhegi sawal

You will be the one struggling for answers.

Kahton roz teri yaad mainu aave

Why do I still dream of you every single day?

Kahton hanju methon jaande nahio ginn

Why do these tears refuse to stop flowing?

Kahton akhiyan ch dard na jaave tere bin

Why is the pain so sharp without you?

Ni dilan vich tu vasi ae

You are still carved into the depths of me.

Tainu bhuleya vi na methon jaave

Forgetting you is a task I’m failing at.

Ni dilan vich tu vasi ae

You’re the heartbeat that refuses to fade.

Sawal ehi mainu samajh na aave

I can't grasp why this is so difficult.