Tu mujhay itnay pyaar say mar daikh - Ali Sardar Jafri in English translation

[Ravi Kopra]

Tu mujhay itnay pyaar say mat daikh


Tu mujhay itnay pyaar say mat daikh
Teri palkoN kay naram saayay maiN
Dhoop bhi chaNdni si lagti hai
Aur mujhay kitni door jaanaa hai
Rait hai garm,PaoN kay chaalay
YooN dehktay haiN,jaisay aNgaaray
Pyaar ki yeh nazar rehay na rehay
Kaun dasht-e-wafa maiN jalta hai
Teray dil ko khabar rahay na rahay
Tu mujhay itnay pyaar say mat daikh

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Don't look at me lovingly.
In the gentle shadows of your lashes
the sunlight turns into moonlight.
I've to go far off,
the sand is hot,
I've boils on my feet that
feel like red hot coal.
Whether love lingers or not,
who wants to get burned
in the desert of faithfulness?
Whether you remember me or not,
don't look at me lovingly.

-tr. Ravi Kopra