Kyon nahin jaata?

[Aslam Bhai]

Benaam sa yeh dard, tehar kyon nahin jaata?
This nameless pain that I feel, why doesn't it freeze up?
Jo beet gaya hai, woh guzar kyon nahin jaata?
This past which is there, why doesn't it pass away?

Sab kuch to hai, kya dhoondti rehti hai nigahe?
I have everything, then what do my eyes keep searching for?
Kya baat hai, main waqt pe ghar kyon nahin jaata?
What is this, what keeps me from going home on time?
Jo beet gaya hai, woh guzar kyon nahin jaata?
This past which is there, why doesn't it pass away?

Woh ek hi chehra to nahin saare jahan mein!
That face is not the only one in the world!
Jo door hai, woh dil se uttar kyon nahin jaata?
The one who's far away, why doesn't it leave my heart?
Jo beet gaya hai, woh guzar kyon nahin jaata?
This past which is there, why doesn't it pass away?

Main apni hi ulji hui raho ka tamasha.
I'm a spectacle in my own confused path.
Jaate hai jidhar sab, main udhar kyon nahin jaata?
Where everyone goes, why don't I go there?

Jo beet gaya hai, woh guzar kyon nahin jaata?
This past which is there, why doesn't it pass away?
Woh naam jo barso se, na chehra na badan hai.
That name which rains into me, has been faceless and formless.
Woh khwaab agar hai, to bikhar kyon nahin jaata?
If it's a dream then, why doesn't it shatter?

Benaam sa yeh dard, tehar kyon nahin jaata?
This nameless pain that I feel, why doesn't freeze up?
Jo beet gaya hai, woh guzar kyon nahin jaata?
This past which is there, why doesn't it pass away?