maine dekha hai ki phulo se ladi sakho me
tum lachakti hui mere krib aayi ho
jaise mudat se yu hi sath raha ho apna
jaise ab ki nahi sadiyo ki sahnayi ho

maine dekha hai ki gaate huye jharno ke krib
apne betabi-ae-jajbaat kahi hai tumne
kapti hotho rukti huyi awaz ke sath
jo mere dil me thi wo baat kahi hai tumne

aanch dene laga kadmo ke tale braf ka farsh
aaj jana ki mohabbat mein hai garmi kitni
sangmarmar ki tarh skhat badan mein tere
aa gayi hai mere chhu lene se narmi kitni

maine dekha hai ki kohare se bahri vadi me
main ye kahta hu ki aaj kahi kho jaye
mai ye kah ti hu ke khone ki jarurat kya hai
odh kar dhund ki chadar ko yahi so jaye

I have seen you, laden with blossoms, swaying,
Approaching me, soft as a whispered prayer,
As if our souls have danced this way forever,
A symphony of ages, beyond compare.

I have seen you, by the singing streams,
Unveiling the tremors within your breast,
With trembling lips, and halting, tender speech,
The words my heart had silently confessed.

Beneath our feet, the icy floor now burns,
I learn the heat that love can truly bring,
Within your marble form, so cold and still,
My touch has roused a tenderness that sings.

I have seen us, lost in the misty vale,
I, whispering, "Let us vanish far away,"
You, murmuring, "Why seek such loss and pain?
Let slumber claim us, wrapped in the gray."