\startsong
\stitle{raat bhii, nii.nd bhii, kahaanii bhii}
\lyrics{Firaq Gorakhpuri}
\singers{Firaq Gorakhpuri}
\printtitle
#indian

raat bhii nii.nd bhii kahaanii bhii
haa_e! kyaa chiiz hai javaanii bhii

ek paiGaam-e-zi.ndaganii bhii
aashiqii marg-e-naagahaanii bhii

%[paiGaam = message; marg-e-naagahaanii - sudden death]

is adaa kaa terii javaab nahii.n
meharabanii bhii saragaraanii bhii

%[saragaraanii = anger]

dil ko apane bhii Gam the duniyaa me.n
kuchh balaaye.N thii aasmaanii bhii

ma.nsab-e-dil Kushii luTaataa hai
Gam-e-pi.nhaa.N bhii paasabaanii bhii

%[ma.nsab = stature]

dil ko sholo.n se karatii hai sairaab
zi.ndagii aag bhii hai paanii bhii

%[sairaab = to water/irrigate]

shaad-kaamo.n ko ye nahii.n taufiiq
dil-e-Gamagii.n kii shaadamaanii bhii

%[shaad-kaamo.n = fortunate people; taufiiq = capability]
%[Gamagii.n = immersed in sorrow; shaadamaanii = joy]

laakh husn-e-yaqii.n se ba.Dakar hai
in nigaaho.n kii badagumaanii bhii

ta.nganaa-e-dil-e-malaal me.n hai
behr-e-hastii kii bekaraanii bhii

%[ta.nganaa-e-dil-e-malaal = within the limited space of a sad heart]
%[behr-e-hastii = ocean of life; bekaraanii = unbounded/limitless]

ishq-e-naakaam kii hai parachhaa_ii
shaadamaanii bhii kaamaraanii bhii

%[ishq-e-naakaam = failed love/unrequited love]
%[shaadamaanii = happiness; kaamaraanii = success]

dekh dil ke nigaar-Kaane me.n
zaKm-e-pi.nhaa.N kii hai nishaanii bhii

%[nigaar-Kaanaa = studio (art)/also a place where many
beautiful girls collect]
%[zaKm = wound; pi.nhaa.N = hidden/buried]

Kalq kyaa-kyaa mujhe nahii.n kahatii
kuchh sunuu.N mai.n terii zabaanii bhii

%[Kalq = world]

aaye taariiK-e-ishq me.n sau baar
maut ke daur-daramiyaanii bhii

%[taariiK-e-ishq = history of love; daur = age/era]
%[darmiyaanii = in between]

apanii maasuumiyo.n ke parde me.n
ho ga_ii vo nazar sayaanii bhii

%[maasuumiyaa.N = innocence; sayaanii = grown up]

din ko suuraj-mukhii hai vo naugul
raat ko vo hai raat-raanii bhii

%[suuraj-mukhii = sunflower; naugul = new flower]
%[raat-raanii = a flower known for its heady fragrance]

dil-e-badanaam tere baare me.n
log kahate hai.n ik kahaanii bhii

nazm karate ko_ii na_ii duniyaa
ki ye duniyaa hu_ii puraanii bhii

%[nazm = reconstruct/build again]

dil ko aadaab-e-ba.ndagii bhii na aaye
kar gaye log hukmaraanii bhii

%[aadaab-e-ba.ndagii = ways of servitude]

jaur-e-kam-kam kaa shukriyaa bas hai
aap kii itanii meharabaanii bhii

%[jaur = oppression]

dil me.n ik huuk bhii uThe ai dost
yaad aa_ii terii javaanii bhii

sar se paa tak sapurdagii kii adaa
ek a.ndaaz-e-turkamaanii bhii

%[paa = feet; sapurdagii = to give in; turkamaanii = rebellious]

paas rahanaa kisii kaa raat kii raat
mehamaanii bhii mezabaanii bhii

%[mezabaan = host]

jo na aks-e-jabiin-e-naaz ki hai
dil me.n ik nuur-e-kahakashaanii bhii

%[aks-e-jabiin-e-naaz = image of one's beloved's forehead]
%[nuur = light; kahakashaa.N = Milky Way]

zi.ndagii ain diid-e-yaar "firaq"
zi.ndagii hijr kii kahaanii bhii

%[ain = in reality; (ain has many meanings, this is one)]
%[diid-e-yaar = a look at one's beloved; hijr = separation]

#endindian
\endsong