Dekhna Unka - Mehdi Hassan

dekhna unka kanakhiyon se idhar dekha kiyen

apni aahein kam asar ka ham asar dekha kiyen

Kan: Appreciating, appraising, appraisement, valuing, estimating, valuation

Kanakhiya: A side-glance;

a sly look;

a sign with the eye, a wink;

a leer, ogle

Aah: Sigh

Asar: Action, Effect, Governance, Impression, Influence, Mark, Ruin, Sign, Trace

jo ba-zaahir hamse sadiyon ki musaafat par rahein

ham unhein har gaam apna hamsafar dekha kiyen

Ba: With, by, for, from, in, into, to, up to, on, upon

Zaahir: Apparent, Clear, Conspicuous, Emerge, Explain, Evident, Glaring,

Jackanapes, Manifest, Obvious, Open

Ba-zaahir: With Clarity

Sadiyon: Hundreds of years

Musaafat: Journey

Gaam: Step

Ham-Safar: Companion, Fellow-Traveller

lamha-lamha waqt ka sailaab chadhta hi gaya

rafta-rafta doobta hum apna ghar dekha kiyen

Lamha: Jiffy, Minute, Moment, Trice

Waqt: Hour, Occasion, Opportunity, Time, Term, Season

Sailaab: Flood, Deluge, Torrent

Chadhna: To rise, to climb, to increase

Rafta: Slowly

Doobna: To drown

koi kya jaane ke kaise hum bhari barsaat mein

nazrein aatish apne hi dil ka nagar dekha kiyen

Bhari: Heavy, Full

Barsaat: Rain, Rainy Season

Aatish: Fire, Flame, Ember

sun ke woh ‘Shehzad' ke ashaar sar dhunta rahaa

thaam kar hum donon hathon se jigar dekha kiyen

Shehzad: A reference to the poet, Farhat Shehzad

Aashaar: Relations by marriage (within the prohibited degrees)

Dhunna: Agitation;

longing, ardent desire, ardour, passion;

ambition;

inclination, propensity;

diligence, assiduity, application, perseverance;

—racking pain in the bones

Thaam: Bear, Hold, Carrry

Jigar: Courage, Liver, Heart, Soul, Mind, Vitals