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KAISER
Har shama bhuji rafta rafta, har khwab luta dheeray dheeray,
Sheesha na sahi pathar bhi na tha, dil toot gaya dheeray dheeray
!
[Every candle extinguished slowly-slowly, every
dream got crushed slowly-slowly ;
May be I wasn't fragile like glass, but I wasn't hard like stone
either, my heart broke slowly-slowly !]
Barson mein marasim bantay hain, lamhon mein
bala kya tootaingay,
Tu mujh say bichadna chahey to, deewar utha dheeray dheeray !
[It takes years to build a relationship, how
can it break in seconds,
If you want to get separated from me, please break the wall
slowly-slowly !]
Ehsaas hua barbaadi ka, jab saaray ghar mein
dhool udi,
Aayee hai hamaray aangan mein, patjhad ki hawa dheeray dheeray !
[Realization of the devastation came, when dust
was all over the house,
Autumn's winds have visited my courtyard slowly-slowly !]
Dil kaisay jala kis waqt jala, humko bhi
pata aakhir mein chala,
Phaila hain dhuan chupkay chupkay, sulgi hai chita dheeray
dheeray !
[How and when the heart got burnt, I too knew
it only in the end,
Smoke has spread all over silently-silently, pyre has simmered
slowly-slowly !]
Woh haath paray ho bhi gayey, ab dhoor ka
rishta hai `Kaisar',
Aati hai meri tanhayee mein, khushboo-e-hina dheeray dheeray !
[Those hands have become strangers now, now
there is only a distant relationship 'Kaisar',
Fragrance of Henna (Mehndi) comes into my solitude slowly-slowly
!]
Har shama bhuji rafta rafta, har khwab luta
dheeray dheeray,
Sheesha na sahi pathar bhi na tha, dil toot gaya dheeray dheeray
!