I keep hidden one teardrop...

Life is not displeased with you.

I am just fogged by…

Oh! I am just fogged by

Your innocent inquiries.

I am flustered…

Oh! I am flustered.

Life is not displeased with you.

You have yet to sense an awareness of life

Yet you must endure these pains.

You have yet to sense an awareness of life

Yet you must endure these pains.

Smile, but bear this as well

That even simpering, you will be beholden

To the sorrows of loss.

Even while smiling, my lips feel bound!

Oh! Life is not angry with you.

I am just bewildered by…

Oh! I am just bewildered by

Your pristine inquisitions.

I am disquieted…

Oh! I am disquieted.

Life’s sorrows have entrusted us

With newfound accompaniments

Life’s sorrows have entrusted us

With newfound accompaniments:

Every cool shade we acquire

We accrued through scorching sunlight.

Oh! Life is not angry with you.

I am just bewildered by…

Oh! I am just bewildered by

Your faultless deliberations!

I am disquieted…

Oh! I am disquieted!

If these eyes are awash today

Let the teardrops pour down

Because, who knows, these eyes will

Long for this sight tomorrow!

Oh! To not know when grief dropped anchor

And when it departs…

I keep hidden one teardrop!

Gulzar translated from the Hindi by M.S. Alverston & Associates