Choun Rokh Poshwun Gulab Chuna
you face is rose in bloom, is it not?
Gulshanan manz su intikhaab Chuna
chosen one among gardens, is it not?
you face is rose in bloom, is it not?
Gulshanan manz su intikhaab Chuna
chosen one among gardens, is it not?
Mayen dree chay Dyakas grih mutchraav
i beg you, unwind sad lines of your forehead
yoot chasman andar tche aab chuna
water in your eyes has dried, has it not?
chyen dree zaenith be chus khamosh
I swear on you, I know, yet I am silent
na kya zan me’nish jawaab chuna
not as if the answer, I don’t have
Dil ratchun fitratan me aadat chum
to nurture heart, this habit, is my nature
Dil bajaey wanum sawaal chuna
a happy heart, is a question, is it not?
Jaanbaazaz asar novi saazas
Jaanbaz’s music casts a potent spell
nati prathkeasi’nis Rabaab chuna
else everyone has a Rabaab, is it not?
~ Ghulam Nabi Dolwal “Janbaz” Kishtwari, Singer-Lyricist-Poet
Tr. Vinayak Razdan
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An old video of the poet:
