Khwaabon ke parindey- translated

Khwaabon ke parindey is a song featured in the Hindi film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. The lyrics are written by virtuoso poet Javed Akhtar. (Note that this is a free translation and does not adhere to metre or exact transliterations)

 

Fly,

Fly oh white-winged aspirations

Into the open, guileless  blue skies

Through green pastures of the heart-

Fly to where a grey mind does not go.

 

With those wings unfurling

We are finally coaxed awake,

Shedding burden like snake-skin,

We rise lighter, far brighter and

Our lives dance in the swirls of wind,

Celebrating – oh, let it be.

 

A stranger’s simple touch sets us off

As we wander, ambrosial and free-

Till we lose ourselves in a foreign tongue;

In this realm, we feel our hearts melt-

And lo, in that moment we are changed.

Now, let it be.

 

The sun peeks out to shower us warmly,

And its love adorns our path like drizzle

Life brings its happiness and rains it over

Us- finally we learn to love these clouds.

 

Do you remember that moment?

When a magic descended on us,

Crafting us anew, a fresh brew-

What a moment that was!

The heart pulls us in, inveigles us-

Follow the road paved by dreams.

Let it be, let it be.

 

 

*Lyrics transcript sourced from: LyricsMint*