1/2: samjha

zabaan hamaari na samjha

yahaan koi 'majrooh'

hum ajnabi ki tarah

apne hi watan mein rahe

no one here, ‘majrooh’,

understands what i say

i remain a stranger

in my own land

Theme:Home, Country & Belonging (23)

2/2: samjha

zindagi kam paDhe

pardesi ka khat hai 'ibrat'

ye kisi tarah paDha jaye

na samjha jaye

life is like a little-read letter

of a foreigner, 'ibrat'

however you read it,

you can't make sense of it

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)