O MOTHER, YOUR SCARF SWINGS (TRANSLATION OF AN URDU POEM)

I haven’t lost it against the world

But I have lost it to myself

One day I will shine the brightest

But I will always be your star

O Mother, O Mother,

I am incomplete without you

O Mother, O Mother,

My own shadow betrayed me

My shadow is your blessings

In the air, your scarf swings

Faded, faded, faded

colors fly in the air

Your scarf swings

The colors of your rituals,

The colors of your love,

The colors of your victory

O Mother, It brings

When your scarf swings

Whenever I was questioned

In the air, your scarf swings

Faded, faded, faded

colors in the air,

Mother, O Mother

your scarf swings