Kitni Baatein – Another Pointless Translation

Kitni baatein, yaad aati hai

Tasveere si ban jati hai

Mai kaise inhe bhulu 

Dil ko kya smajhau  

Conversations that haunt my memory,

the images that form in front of my eyes.

Can I ever forget them?

What will I tell my heart if I ever do?

Kitni baatein, kehne ki hai

Hothon par jo sehmi si hai

ik roz inhe sun lo

Kyun aise gumsum ho

There are so many words yet to be said,  

timorously awaiting their destiny on the edge of my lips.

Come listen to them, this day.        

Why do you despair, love?

Kyun poori ho na payi dastan

Kaise aayi hai aisi duriyan

Why did we live through an incomplete epic?

How did we end up so far?

Dono ke dilon ke mein sawaal hai

Fir bhi hai khamoshi

Toh kaun hai kiska doshi

Koi kya kahein

Both of us have our set of unanswered questions,

and yet, Silence hangs upon us like Pestilence.

Who betrayed whom?

How can we tell?

Kaisi uljhano ke ye jaal hai

Jinmei uljhe hai dil

Ab hona hai kya haasil

Koi kya kahein

Why do our prides entrap us?

Why are both our hearts being smothered?

What will we win? What is there to be achieved?

How can we tell?

Dil ki hai kaisi majbooriyan

Khoye the kaise raahon ke nishaan

Kaise aayi hai aisi duriyan

What forces my obstinate heart?

How did we lose our way?

How did distance overcome us?

Kitni baatein, kehne ki hai

Hothon par jo sehmi si hai

ik roz inhe sun lo

Kyun aise gumsum ho

There are so many words yet to be said,

timorously awaiting their destiny on the edge of my lips.

Come listen to them, this day.

Why do you despair, love?

Kitni baatein, yaad aati hai

Tasveere si ban jati hai

Mai kaise inhe bhulu

Dil ko kya smajhau

Conversations that haunt my memory,

the images that form in front of my eyes.

Can I ever forget them?

What will I tell my heart if I ever do?