ye mausam surmai hai aur main hun
magar bas khamushi hai aur main hun

there is the surmai weather, and there's me
but there is only silence, and there's me

na jaane kab wo badle rukh idhar ko
musalsal be-rukhi hai aur main hun

who knows when he will turn this way
there is unending indifference and there's me

taghaful par taghaful ho rahe hain
kisi ki dil-lagi hai aur main hun

neglect is being heaped upon neglect
there's someone's pastime, and there's me

tasawwur hi sahaara ban gaya hai
ajab tanhai si hai aur main hun

imagination has become the sole support
there is a strange solitude, and there's me

ye kaisi waqt ne badli hai karwat
fareb-e-zindagi hai aur main hun

how time has changed with the tide
there is the deceit of life, and there's me

labon pe nam chehra hai nazar mein
badi nazuk ghadi hai aur main hun

a name on my lips, a face before my eyes
there's a tremulous moment and there's me

udasi 'indira' itni badhi hai
hamesha shairi hai aur main hun

sorrow has risen to such a crescendo, indira
there's forever my poetry and there's me