Main dhoondta hoon (Eternal Search)

Nazm (A poem)
Music: Kiran Ahluwalia
Lyrics: Kafi Azmi

Lyrics:
Mai dhoondta hoon jise vo jahan nahi milta
Nae zameen naya asmaan nahin milta

Vo teer mil gae jis se hua katal mera
Kisi ke haath ka us paar nishaan nahin milta

Khada hoon kabse main chehron ke ik jungle main
Tumhare chehre ka kuch bhi yahan nahi milta

Jo ek khuda nahi milta to itna matam kya
Mujhe khud apne kadam ka nishaan nahi milta

Translation:
The new horizons that I seek are beyond me.
The world I am in search of cannot be found.

The arrows that have pierced my heart have been discovered
but the hands that pulled the string cannot be found.

Here I am standing in the midst of a jungle of faces
and yet it is your countenance that cannot be found.

What is the worry if I cannot find God,
when my own footprints cannot be found.


Translated by Professor Saleem Qureshi