kya wahaan din hai abhi bhi
papa tum rehte jahaan ho
os ban ke main girungi
dekhna tum aasmaa ho
tin ke tute kanastar
se zara bundi churaakar
bhaagti hai koyi ladki
kya tumhe ab bhi chidha kar
farsh ab bhi thaam ungli
saath chalta hai kyun papa
bhaag ke dekho re aagan
bhi machalta hai kya papa

aag ki bhi chaaon hai kya
cheentiyon ke gaon hai kya
jis kue mein hum gire hai
us kue mein naav hai kya
kya tumhe kehta hai koyi
ke chalo ab kha bhi lo
dibbiyon mein dhoop bhar kar
koyi ghar laata hai kya
chimniyon ke is dhuye mein
mere do khargosh the
ve kabhi aawaz de to
koyi sun paata hai kya

gintiyaan sab laakh mein hai
haath lekin raakh mein hai
chaand ab bhi gol hai kya
jashn ab bhi dhol hai kya
pee rahe hain sharbatein kya
kya wahaan sab hosh mein hai
ya ki maathe see rahe hai
do minute afsos mein hai

Is there still a day,
Where you reside, my father?
As dew, I'll gently fall,
You, the vast sky, remember.

From a broken tin can's edge,
A girl steals drops of rain,
Does she still tease you, father?
Across your heart, a pain?

The floor still holds my finger,
Why does it walk with you, father?
Does the courtyard still dance,
As you run through, father?

Does fire cast a shadow?
Do ants build their own town?
In the well where we descended,
Is there a boat to be found?

Does someone still command,
"Come, eat now, before it's gone"?
In boxes, they gather sunlight,
Bringing it back to their home, along?

In the chimneys' smoky haze,
My two rabbits used to roam,
If they call out, a whisper,
Can anyone hear their home?

The numbers, they're in millions,
But the hands are turned to ash.
Is the moon still perfectly round?
Are the celebrations still a flash?

Are they drinking sherbets still?
Are they still aware, awake?
Or are they stitching their brows,
In moments of sorrow's ache?