MERE DIL MERE MUSAFIR l FAIZ AHMED FAIZ l JASWINDER SINGH l

A Rare Nazm Penned by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Composed by Shri Kuldip Singh
Sung by Jaswinder singh.

Mere Dil Mere Musaafir
Huaa Phir Se Hukm Saadir

Ke Vatan Badar Hon Ham Tum
Den Galii Galii Sadaayen

Karen Rukh Nagar Nagar Kaa
Ke Suraag Koii Paayen

Kisii Yaar-E-Naamaabar Kaa
Har Ek Ajanabii Se Puuchhen

Jo Pataa Thaa Apane Ghar Kaa
Sar-E-Kuu-E-Naashanaayaan

Hamen Din Se Raat Karanaa
Kabhii Is Se Baat Karanaa

Kabhii Us Se Baat Karanaa
Tumhen Kyaa Kahuun Ke Kyaa Hai
Shab-E-Gam Burii Balaa Hai

Hamen Ye Bhii Thaa Ganimat

Jo Koii Shumaar Hotaa
Hamen Kyaa Buraa Thaa Maranaa

Agar Ek Baar Hotaa

Mere Dil Mere Musaafir
Huaa Phir Se Hukm Saadir.

English Translation.

My heart, my fellow traveler
It has been decreed again
That you and I be exiled,
go calling out in every street,
turn to every town.
To search for a clue
of a messenger from our Beloved.
To ask every stranger
the way back to our home.

In this town of unfamiliar folk
we drudge the day into the night
Talk to this stranger at times,
to that one at others.

How can I convey to you, my friend
how horrible is a night of lonliness *
It would suffice to me
if there were just some count
I would gladly welcome death
if it were to come but once.