main khayal hun kisi aur ka mujhe sochta koi aur hai
sar-e-aina mera aks hai pas-e-aina koi aur hai

i am someone else's thought, someone else brings me to mind
my image in the mirror wrought, someone else is there behind

main kisi ke dast-e-talab mein hun to kisi ke harf-e-dua mein hun
main nasib hun kisi aur ka mujhe mangta koi aur hai

i am in someone's outstretched hand, and in someone's prayer prayer i be
i am someone's destiny but someone else does ask for me

ajab e'tibar o be-e'tibari ke darmiyan hai zindagi
main qarib hun kisi aur ke mujhe jaanta koi aur hai

strange that hanging tween belief and disbelief my life should be
i am close to someone else, and someone else here fathoms me

meri raushni tere khadd-o-khal se mukhtalif to nahin magar
tu qarib aa tujhe dekh lun tu wahi hai ya koi aur hai

tho my sight unconversant with your features may not be
if or not you are the same come close and let me see,

tujhe dushmanon ki khabar na thi mujhe doston ka pata nahin
teri dastan koi aur thi mera waqia koi aur hai

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wahi munsifon ki riwayaten wahi faislon ki ibaraten
mera jurm to koi aur tha pa meri saza koi aur hai

the same traditions of the law, the same judicial pronouncement
my crime was something else but then something else my punishment

kabhi laut aaen to puchhna nahin dekhna unhen ghaur se
jinhen raste mein khabar hui ki ye rasta koi aur hai

on their return merely observe them carefully question them not
who halfway in the journey found these roads were not the ones they sought

jo meri riyazat-e-nim-shab ko 'salim' subh na mil saki
to phir is ke mani to ye hue ki yahan khuda koi aur hai

if for my midnight prayers, saliim, a dawn there shall never be
then it means that in this world there is a god other than thee