Faheem Abdullah - عشق (Ishq) (English translation)

Faheem Abdullah – عشق

English translation

English

Translation

Love

I write "Come", thus you come to me

I write "Sit", thus you sit with me

You rest your head on my shoulder

I say "Slumber", you fall asleep

I write "Come", thus you come to me

I write "Sit", thus you sit with me

You rest your head on my shoulder

I say "Slumber", you fall asleep

Come, let me recite such a poem

The words I recite, thus they become

I write "Heart", you firm my heart

I write "Lost", I end up losing you

I heave a sigh, you express a moan

I write "restless", you become restless

Then I endure the 'less' of 'restless'

So that you may rest

Now, I write "I", thus you'd remember me

Then, I write "SH", you shine away1 from sleep

When I write "Q", you become quirky2

I write "ISHQ"3, and you fall in love

Stay with me today, oh my beloved, oh my beloved

Listen beautiful, oh my beloved, oh my beloved

Stay with me today, oh my beloved, oh my beloved

Listen beautiful, oh my beloved, oh my beloved

1. Word play. Literally: "I write [the letter] SHIN, you lose your sleep [ie. you are awake and no longer drowsy]
2. Word play. Literally: "I write [the letter] QAAF, something happens to you [ie. you start to feel something]
3. The word 'ishq' عشق means 'love' in Urdu, so the line literally means, "I write 'love', and it happens to you" [ie. I write 'love' and thus you fall in love]. The singer is also spelling it out in the previous lines I-SH-Q ع-ش-ق.

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This is a poetic translation - deviations from the meaning of the original are present (extra words, extra or omitted information, substituted concepts).

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برباد on 2024-04-08

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برباد on Mon, 20/01/2025 - 00:53

Author's comments:

Although the individual letters which make up the Urdu word "I–SH–Q" ishq (عشق), do not carry any individual meanings, nor are they really directly related to the lines that follow it, I have matched it with some sort of English equivalent to make it consistent with the original lyrics. For instance, "I" to mean the personal pronoun, "SH" to mean "Shine", and "Q" to mean "quirky".

Urdu, Kashmiri

Original lyrics