Jo main nahin kar paon

Maine kabhi kaha nahin,

na keh paaongi,

bahut bar dekhi hai haar,

is bar samjhaute ki sharam

nahin seh paaongi main.

Kehte hain log rakho sabr,

karo intezaar,

us intezaar ka raaz samajhti hoon main,

par phir pighal kar

apni barf ho simtan nahin paaongi main.

Ek bar pehle pyaar kiya tha maine,

bhool kar aapne aap ko jiya tha maine,

tum kehte ho kitne saboot pangti hoon main,

sabooton ka inkar chah kar bhi nahin kar paaongi main.

Chalo man liya tum kuch nahin de sakte,

man lo ki main bech kar bhi khali haath nahin hoon,

Aaj bas aakar do shabd hi keh do,

tumhare shabdon ki methi kathas

main hi main jo nahin kar sakti,

sab bhool jaana chahungi main.

(Translation)

What I may not be able to do

I have never told you,

and I may never be able to,

I've seen failure many times before,

but I may not be able to

suffer the humiliation of compromises any more.

People ask me to be patient,

wait some more my dear,

I understand the suspense of waiting,

but I may not be able to

melt and harness my snow with bare hands again.

I have fallen in love once before,

I have forgotten myself

and lived my life once before,

you question my demands for the evidences I seek,

I may not be able to

accept your refusal of evidences

even if I wanted to.

Fine, let me believe that you can't give me anything,

You can believe that my hands are full

even after selling myself,

But today, if you only come to me

with a few words,

I may be able to

forget everything I can't do,

even if the words you spew are sweet bitter.