ab main raashan ki kataro me nazar aata hu
ab main raashan ki kataro me nazar aata hu
apne kheton se bichhadne ki saza paata hu
ab main raashan ki kataro me nazar aata hu

itni mehangaayi ke bazaar se kuch laata hu
itni mehangaayi ke bazaar se kuch laata hu
apne bacchon me use baant ke sharmata hu
ab main raashan ki kataro me nazar aata hu

apni nindo ki lahu pochhne ki koshish me
apni nindo ki lahu pochhne ki koshish me
jaagte jaagte, thak jaata hoon so jaata hu
ab main raashan ki kataro me nazar aata hu

koi chaadar samajh ke khinch na le
fir se khali
koi chaadar samajh ke khinch na le
fir se khali
main kafan odh kar foot-paath pe so jaata hu
ab main raashan ki kataro me nazar aata hu
apne kheton se bichhadne ki saza paata hu
ab main raashan ki kataro me nazar aata hu

Now I appear, a ghost in lines of need,
A punishment for fields I used to seed.
Now I appear, in lines of ration's plea.

From markets choked by prices, I retrieve,
A meager haul, on which my children feed,
And blush, as I divide, ashamed to breathe.
Now I appear, in lines of ration's plea.

To wipe the blood from dreams, a futile quest,
I fight to wake, then weary, fall to rest.
Now I appear, in lines of ration's plea.

That no one steals the shroud that covers me,
A second emptiness, a final test,
I wrap myself in death, on pathways free.
Now I appear, in lines of ration's plea,
A punishment for fields I used to seed.
Now I appear, in lines of ration's plea.