Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Waqt

Waqt

Samay ko ikaiyon mein
Bandha nahin jata
Chah ki paridhiyon mein
Mapa nahin jata

Kabhi kabhi ek pal aataa hai
Thehra rehta hai ek sadi sa
Aur kabhi ek yug jata hai
Behta rahta hai ek nadi sa


Time

Time -
It cannot be bound in units
It cannot be measured by desires

Sometimes a moment comes
And lingers on, like a century
And sometimes, and age goes by
Flowing like a stream

P.S. Just done a makeshift kind of translation here, and I am not too happy with the result. Any help here is very welcome :-)

5 comments:

All Is Whole said...

All true......
Seems too caring for all hindi and english friendzzzzzz :-)

Sigma said...

Hmmmm. Well I try to :-)
Though I feel that most of my attempts at translation are not quite successful.

delhidreams said...

"Samay ko ikaiyon mein
Bandha nahin jata
Chah ki paridhiyon mein
Mapa nahin jata"

Time
is not bound in units
and not measured in
the perimeters of desires

"Kabhi kabhi ek pal aataa hai
Thehra rehta hai ek sadi sa
Aur kabhi ek yug jata hai
Behta rahta hai ek nadi sa"

a moment arrives sometimes
and stays on for a century
and sometimes, an age goes
like a river flows

ahem...err...m not supposed to be very good at translations, but i do think i did a good job here ;)

and, sigh, well, because i'm at a complete loss of words these days, i'm actually liking these words very very much...and to be politically correct, i would have liked these words even if i were not devoid of them me-self....

u got the idea na?

Sigma said...

Hey Adi, Thanks! I agree that you have indeed done a good job with translating this :-)
And yes, I get the drift :-))

Waqt quotes said...

Absolutely amazing! Thanks for this stunning Collection, it drew my attention on the importance of time in life. I appreciate your work!