Kaminey

Kya kare zindagi is ko hum jo mile
What can poor life do, it got me
Is ki jaan kha gaye raat din ke gile
I've burdened it with my constant complaints

Kya kare zindagi is ko hum jo mile
Is ki jaan kha gaye raat din ke gile
Raat din gile

Meri arzooo kamini
My desires are wicked
Mere kwhaab bhi kaminey
My dreams are vile
ek dil se dosti thi
My only friend was my heart
Yeh hazoor bhi kaminey
It turned out vile too

Kya kare zindagi us ko hum jo mile
Is ki jaan kha gaye raat din ke gile

Kabhi zindagi se maanga
Sometimes I asked life
Pinjare mein chand laa do
To cage the moon and bring it to me
Kabhi lalten deke
Other times I gave it a lantern
Kaha asmaan pe taango
And said go hang it on the sky

Kabhi zindagi se maanga
Pinjare mein chand laa do
Kabhi lalten deke
Kaha asmaan pe taango

Jeene ke sab kareene
My reason for living
The hamesha se kaaminey
Was always vile
Kaminey kaminey kaminey kaminey
Vile, wicked, base

Meri daastan kamini
My story is wicked
Mere raaste kaminey
My paths vile
Ek dil se dosti thi
My only friend was my heart
Yeh hazoor bhi kaminey
It turned out vile too

Jis ka bhi chehra chila andar se aur nikla
Whoever's face I tore open, I found something else inside
Masoom sa kabootar naacha to mor nikla
An innocent pigeon turned out to be a peacock
Kabhi hum kaminey nikle
Sometimes I turned out to be wicked
Kabhi doosre kaminey
Sometimes it was others
Kaminey kaminey kaminey kaminey

Meri dosti kamini
My friendship is vile
Mere yaar bhi kaminey
My friends wicked
Ek dil se dosti thi
My only friend was my heart
Yeh hazoor bhi kaminey
It turned out vile too

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