Likhta Hoon Lyrics English Translation – MTV Hustle 5 | Farak

Main Jeene Ki Aas Mein Likhta Hoon
I write with the hope of living.

Mat Dekho Kis Haal Mein Likhta Hoon
Don’t look at the condition I write in.

Is Kala Ko Sab Nyochhavar
I dedicate everything to this art.

Main Chamdi Utaar Ke Likhta Hoon
I write by baring my very skin.

Kabhi Khud Ka Bakhaan Main Likhta Hoon
Sometimes I write about myself.

Kabhi Guzre Ki Yaad Mein Likhta Hoon
Sometimes I write in the memory of the past.

Koi Deta Jab Dil Pe Dastak
When someone knocks on my heart,

Uske Jaane Ke Baad Main Likhta Hoon
I write after they have gone.

Takleefon Se Raat Mein Milta Hoon
At night, I meet with my pain.

Sambhalne Ki Aas Mein Bikhra Hoon
I am shattered in the hope of putting myself back together.

Main Chahta Aasman Pe Qabu
I want to have control over the sky,

Par Logon Ki Aankh Mein Girta Hoon
But I fall in the eyes of people.

Main Nastik Paap Nahi Ginta Hoon
I am an atheist; I do not count sins.

Koi Dharmik Baat Nahi Likhta Hoon
I do not write about religious matters.

Andaz E Bayaan Ka Paisa Hai
There is a price to the way I express myself.

Kuch Itna Bhi Khas Nahi Likhta Hoon
I don’t write anything all that extraordinary.

Main Likhta Woh Chaand Taare
I write about those moon and stars

Jo Kitnon Ko Jeene Ka Aasra Dein
That gives so many people a reason to live.

Main Likhta Woh Kaanch Ka Dil
I write about that heart made of glass,

Jo Nazuk Beshak Par Bardasht Kare
Which may be fragile, yet endures everything.

Main Likhta Jab Shaam Dhale
I write when evening falls,

Jab Mehfil Mein Kisse Aur Jaam Chalein
When stories and glasses of drink flow in the gathering.

Yeh Kalam Sahara Kitnon Ka Jab Sochun Toh
When I think about how many people this pen supports,

Likhne Ko Haath Badhe
My hand reaches out to write.

Main Likhta Bhulane Ko Kuch
I write something to forget.

Kamane Ko Aksar Luta Deta Kuch
To earn, I often give something away.

Yeh Zalim Zamane Ka Jurm
This is the crime of this cruel world—

Jo Sach Likhun Toh Nakaroge Tum
If I write the truth, you will deny it.

Musafir Main Rahon Mein Gum
I am a traveler, lost along the roads.

Yeh Kalam Azad Salakhon Se Mukt
This pen is free, released from all bars.

Main Likhta Insanon Ke Nuqs
I write about the flaws of human beings.

Jo Dard Likhun Toh Dawa Doge Tum
If I write about pain, will you give me a cure?

Yeh Kagaz Dhool Khaate Dikhte
These papers lie covered in dust.

Main Maangun Phool Kaantein Milte
When I ask for flowers, I receive thorns.

Hasil Kya Bhatke Musafir Ko
What does a lost traveler gain?

Aksar Main Puchhta Manzil Se
I often ask the destination.

Likhta Main Aasman Zameen Pe Baithe
I write of the sky while sitting on the ground.

Har Woh Shakhs Bhagta Jo Dil Mein Thehre
Everyone who once stayed in my heart eventually runs away.

Ab Manjhi Tat Ko Talashe Bas
Now the boatman simply searches for the shore.

Yeh Kagaz Jaanta Gham Kitne Gehre
This paper knows how deep the sorrows are.

Main Likh Doon Sab Toh Kya Tum Padh Sakoge
If I write everything down, will you be able to read it?

Main Likh Doon Sach Toh Kya Samajh Sakoge
If I write the truth, will you be able to understand it?

Insaan Murda Bin Zakhmon Ke
A person is dead even without wounds.

Ek Likh Doon Khat Toh Kya Tum Rakh Sakoge
If I write one letter, will you be able to keep it?

Jin Haathon Ne Kalam Utha Li Un Haathon Ne Kabhi Na Phailna Seekha
The hands that picked up the pen never learned to beg.

Dooba Hua Tha Isliye Tairna Seekha
I had drowned, and that is why I learned to swim.

Kalam Ne Kabhi Na Thehrna Seekha
The pen never learned to stop.

Baghair Na Jee Paata Kala Ke Meri Main Zeher Na Peeta
Without my art, I could not live; I would rather drink poison.

Sheher Ka Seedha Sa Ladka Gumnami Ke Keher Mein Jeeta
A simple boy from the city lives amid the torment of anonymity.

Ghair Sabhi Ka Main Ghair Sabhi Ka Par
I am a stranger to everyone, a stranger to all, yet—

Bana Leta Apna Har Kisi Ko Lafzon Ke Zariye Se Likhta Jo Kagaz Pe
I make everyone my own through the words I write on paper.

Dard Amavas Ke Chaand Ke Jaisa Hai Mera Dikhta Na Bahar Se
My pain is like the moon on a moonless night; it cannot be seen from outside.

Muskurahatein Lagti Hain Jhoothi Jab Sar Pe Savar Gunahon Ka Bojh
Smiles feel fake when the burden of sins weighs heavily on my head.

Deta Nahi Kisi Ko Dosh
I do not blame anyone.

Bharta In Pannon Ko Likhta Hoon Roz
I fill these pages; I write every day.

Main Kahun Khud Se Ke Kaam Karo
I tell myself to keep working.

Main Kehta Hoon Mujhko Tum Yaad Karo
I say, remember me.

Jab Laash Jala Dein Yeh Meri Toh Baare Mein Mere Tum Baat Karo
When my body is cremated, then speak about me.

Par Karna Jab Baat Na Bhoolna Becha Nahi Sapnon Ko Kaudi Ke Daam
But when you speak of me, don’t forget that I never sold my dreams for a worthless price.

Likhta Tha Aur Karta Dua Tha Kar De Yeh Kisi Ke Ghavon Pe Marham Ka Kaam
I used to write and pray that it might serve as a balm for someone’s wounds.

Aur Kar Dena Maaf
And please forgive me.

Reh Gayi Woh Koshish Nakaam
That effort remained unsuccessful.

Karta Hoon Khud Se Sawal
I ask myself a question:

Kya Lagega Kabhi Bhi Mol Is Paini Zuban Ka Jannat Mein
Will this sharp tongue of mine ever have a price in heaven?

Aige Farishton Ke
Before the angels,

Kya Woh Mere Wadon Ke Rishton Ke Lenge Hisab
Will they ask me to account for my promises and relationships?

Qiston Mein Deta Jawab Ki
I give my answer in installments:

Maana Kar Paaya Nahi Woh Apna Naam Iss Duniya Mein Jitna Tha Chaaha Us Ladke Ne Naam Tha Farak
I admit that the boy could not make the name he wished for himself in this world; there was a difference.

Paanch Baras Hue Likhte Mujhe
It has been five years since I started writing.

Paanch August Hua Janam Mera
I was born on the fifth of August.

Paanch The Baje Ve Shaam Ke
It was five in the evening.

Paanch Nakaam Gulzaron Ke Marne Ke Baad
After five unsuccessful gardens had withered away.

Paanch Janam Jo Bekar Gaye
Five lifetimes that went to waste.

Agar Sun Rahe Ab Tak Tum Baatein Meri Phir Toh
If you are still listening to my words,

Jaane Mat Dena Iss Kala Ko Meri
Then don’t let my art fade away.

Tum Iske Qabil Banna
Become worthy of it.

Likhta Main Aasman Zameen Pe Baithe
I write of the sky while sitting on the ground.

Har Woh Shakhs Bhagta Jo Dil Mein Thehre
Everyone who once stayed in my heart eventually runs away.

Ab Manjhi Tat Ko Talashe Bas
Now the boatman simply searches for the shore.

Yeh Kagaz Jaanta Gham Kitne Gehre
This paper knows how deep the sorrows are.