Kya Zindgi ik Khwaab hai? Is Life a Dream

                               (Please scroll down for English translation)

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 "