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Kya zindgi ik khwaab hai - ik khushnuma gumaan hai?
Ya haqeeqat kee ziya hai - Rooh kee pehachaan hai
Kya saath lay kar aati hai sadiyon kay Tajurbaat-o-Fun
Ya Nayi Takhleeq hai - Naasamajh hai, Naadaan hai
Kya sukh aur duhkh mein dooba ik afsaana hai ye zindgi?
Ya kuchh adhoori khwaahishon ko paanay ka armaan hai
Kya zindagi puraanay rasm-o-raahon ka hai silsilaa
Ya naye aayaam paanay ka naya rujhaan hai
Kya puraani dhaarnaon tak hee ye mehdood hai
Ya Takhayyul kee ye laa-mehdood nayi udaan hai
Kya hazaaron hasraton ka majmooaa hai zindgi
Ya zindgi ka maqasad keval dharm aur Imaan hai
Yoon to daud hai zameen say aasmaan talak magar
Sab ko jaan kay bhee apnay aap say anjaan hai
Daana ye kehtay hain dil ka aaeena hai zindgi
Nuqtaacheeni ka nahin - khudbeeni ka saamaan hai
Kya zindgi Sawaal hai ? ya koyi imtehaan hai?
Kya zindgi ik Farz hai ya Qarz ka bhugtaan hai?
Ya Hasti aur Vujood kee 'Rajan' haqeeqat jaan kar
Jism-o-Jaan kee had say paar honay ka imkaan hai?
" Rajan Sachdeva "
Khushnuma Gumaan = A Pleasant Delusion
Ziya = Light, flash, Glow, Illumination
Tajurbaat = Experiences
Fun = Talents
Nayi Takhleeq = New Creation
Silsila = Chain, Series, Continuation, Succession
Naye Aayaam = New Dimentions
Rujhaan = Trend
Mehdood = Limited
Takhayyul = Thoughts, ideology
LaaMehdood = Limitless, Unlimited
Majmooaa = Collection, Accumulation
Daana = Wise, Intelligent
Nuqtacheeni = Criticism, Nitpicking
Khudbeeni = introspection, Self-inspection, To see oneself
Farz = Duty
Qarz ka bhugtaan = To repay the old debts
Hasti = Existence, Personality, Inner Reality
Vujood = Physical Existence, Appearance
Haqeeqat = Reality, Truth
Jism-o-Jaan = Body and Mind
Had = Boundary
Imkaan = Possibility, Prospect, Probability
English Translation
Is life a dream - a pleasant illusion?
Or is it the manifestation of reality - the identity of the soul
Does it bring with it the experiences and Talents of centuries (Through reincarnation)
Or is it a newly created life - Unwise, Immature and Naive
Is life a tale drenched in happiness and sorrow?
Or is it here to achieve some unfulfilled desires
Is it supposed to be a continuous series of old rituals and ways
Or to start a new trend to achieve new dimensions
Is it limited to continuing old beliefs and dogmas
Or is it an unlimited flight of imagination
Is life a collection of thousands of desires
Or is the purpose of life only to follow religion and faith
Though it is racing from the earth to the sky
But even after knowing everything, it is unaware of itself.
The wise say that life is the mirror of the heart
It is not a tool for nitpicking but for self-examination
Is life a query? Is it a test?
Is life a duty or a payment of old debts?
Or after knowing the reality of existence and being
Is it an opportunity to cross the limits of body and Mind - (and achieve Moksha)?
" Rajan Sachdeva "