Mere paas khaamoshi ke siwa koi hal nahin
Main baat karti hoon to baat bigaR jaati hai

I have no solution left but silence — for whenever I speak, things only get worse.

Mujhe parwaah nahin logon ki baaton ki
Mujhe mujh se behtar koi nahin jaanta

I care nothing for what people say — no one knows me better than I know myself.

Na jaane kitne dard aise hain
Jinhein sar-dard kehna paRta hai

There is no telling how many pains there are that one is forced to pass off as 'just a headache.'

Jab samandar khaamosh ho
To gehraai se mazaaq nahin karte

When the ocean is silent — do not make a joke of its depth.

Aur jinhein hum zehar lagte hain
Woh humein shehad thoRi lagte hain

And those to whom we taste like poison — they hardly taste like honey to us either.

Khaamoshi bahut kuchh kehti hai
Kaan laga kar nahin, dil laga kar sunein

Silence says a great deal — listen to it not with your ears, but with your heart.

Hamaari shikaayat hum se hi kya kare
Hamaari koi aur branch nahin

Why complain about me to me? — I don't have any other branch, you know.

Log baatein banaate reh jaayenge
Aur hum kahaani bana kar chhoR jaayenge

People will be left just gossiping — while I will have made history and moved on.

Jis ke lafzon mein tumhein apna aks mile
Bahut mushkil hai tumhein koi aisa shakhs mile

Someone in whose words you find your own reflection — it is very hard to ever find such a person.

Ye alag baat hai ke main kinaare par baiTha hoon
Lekin mujhe pata hai kaun kitne paani mein hai

It is another matter that I sit here on the shore — but I know exactly who is in how deep.

Itne bhi mohtaram nahin hain aap
Aajizi hamaari tarbiyat mein hai

You are not quite as venerable as all that — my humility is simply part of how I was raised.

Shauq parwaaz ka rakhte ho to shaaheen bano
Warna kawwe bhi hawaaon mein uRte hain

If you have a passion for flight, then become a falcon — otherwise, even crows fly about in the wind.

Iraade saaf hain
Tabhi to log khilaaf hain

My intentions are pure — that is exactly why people are against me.

Sahih waqt par karwa denge hudood ka ehsaas
Kuchh taalaab khud ko samandar samajh baiThe hain

At the right moment I will remind them of their limits — some ponds have started thinking themselves oceans.

Mujhe fakhr hai apni tarbiyat par
Main ghusse mein baat karne ki tameez nahin bhoolta

I am proud of my upbringing — even in anger, I never forget my manners.