Main rovan tenu yaad karke - NFAK

Original	Translation
Jehde din da tu mukh modeya haseyan vi mukh mode	The day you turned your face away, even laughter turned away from me.
Pyaar de phul bin khideyon sukke aise paye vichchode	The flowers of love didn’t bloom, and the separation made them wither.
Hijron peerh ankhan vich radke dukhdiyan wangar phode	The pain of separation gathers in my eyes and bursts into painful tears.
Saadik hanjuan maar ke challan palkan de bandh tode	These tears forcefully break free from my eyelids.
Jadon mithi neende saundi e khudayi	When the world sleeps peacefully,
Saun Rabb di ni ankh kadde layi	I swear to God, my eyes don’t get any rest.
Main rovan tenu yaad karke	I cry, remembering you.
Mainu tere bhulekh epainde ne	Thoughts of you constantly disturb me.
Mainu lok shudayi kehnde ne	People call me insane.
Kise vele hanju sukde nahi	At times, my tears don’t dry up.
Mere sajna hoke mukde nahi	My beloved, they don’t stop even in your absence.
Haseyan toh change mainu lagde ne athru	Tears feel better to me than laughter.
Jehde teri yaad vich wagde ne athru	The tears that flow in your memory.
Aundiyan ne chete jadon gallan mainu terian	When your words come to my mind.
Rus jaan ankhan naalon neendan channa merian	My eyes get upset, and my sleep disappears.
Khaure mukni e kadon e judayi	When will this separation finally end?
Saun Rabb di ni ankh kadde layi	I swear to God, my eyes don’t get any rest.
Main rovan tenu yaad karke	I cry, remembering you.
Deke saanu athru saugatan jaan waaleya	You left me only with the gift of tears, my beloved.
Kalleyan ni langdiyan raatan jaan waleya	The nights don’t pass when I’m alone, my beloved.
Sochan terian e jandeyan mukayi	Thoughts of you don’t seem to end.
Saun Rabb di ni ankh kadde layi	I swear to God, my eyes don’t get any rest.
Main rovan tenu yaad karke	I cry, remembering you.
Nendre di bhaa sadde naina vich baldi	The thirst for sleep burns in my eyes.
Sek inj aave jivein agg de ne athru	The heat from the tears feels like burning fire.
Sekdiyan baal ke udeek diyan lakdan	The logs of longing burn with heat.
Boleyan de waang mere magde ne athru	My tears beg for relief, like words waiting to be spoken.
Raat ghaman di daadi bhaari	The night of sorrow is unbearably heavy.
Kivein ro ro koi guzaare	How can one endure it, crying like this?
Taare tadapde tadap ke dub gaye	The stars agonize and set in pain.
E hanju kaun vichaare	Who can feel the pain of these tears?
Aaye lokan hath bahaane	People come and offer empty consolations.
Mainu dewan mehne taane	They give me excuses and taunts.
Lagge aawan jaawan raahi	I feel like just a passerby now.
Tu vi aaja dholan maahi	You too, come back, my beloved.
Karke bharosa evein tere jehe thag da	Having trusted someone like you, a deceiver,
Saadka main bann gayi aan hassa saare jag da	I’ve become the laughing stock of the world.
Tere mehne mainu dendi e khudayi	Your deceit has given me divine suffering.
Saun Rabb di ni ankh kadde layi	I swear to God, my eyes don’t get any rest.
Main rovan tenu yaad karke	I cry, remembering you.