Bekaraan Redux

Here's a better translation of the song Bekaraan by my brilliant friend K (Thanks dodo!):

Bekaraan hi bekaraan  (at first its "hi" then its "hai")

 aankhein bandh kijay na  

Dubne lagey hai hum 

 saans lene dijay na

Lillah!

Ek zara chehra udhar kijay inayat hogi

Aap ko dekh ke badi der se meri saans ruki hai

Endless, limitless 

 Are your eyes, close them please

I have begun to drown

 Let me breathe, I beg...

Oh God! 

Just turn your face a little that way, it will be a kindness

Seeing you, my breath has halted for far too long

(Lillah is an exclamation, not la ilaha illallah, the declaration that "there is no god but allah"!) 

Ek zara dekhiye toh 

 aapke paaon tale 

Kuch toh atka hai kahin, 

 Waqt se kahiye chale 

Udti udti si nazar 

 mujhko chu jaaye agar (not "aa gaye")

Ek taslim ko har baar meri aankh jhuki hai

Aap ko dekh ke badi der se meri saans ruki hai

Would that you'd look, 

 under your feet, 

perhaps some something is stuck... 

 Tell time to move on

If that breezy, flightful glance

 Touches me and brushes by

For one tasleem each time my eyes are lowered

Seeing you, my breath has halted for far too long

tasleem - said at the end of the muslim prayer - is also the greeting wishing someone peace, from where you get the "salaam", short for "assalam valaikum".  When you say salaam to someone, which is a salutation in this context, you lower your eyes.

Aankh kuch laal si hai 

 raat jaage toh nahi

Raat jab bijli gayi

 darr ke bhaagey toh nahi 

kya laga honth tale 

 jaise koi chot jale

Jaane kya sochke iss baar meri aankh jhuki hai

Aap ko dekh ke badi der se meri saans ruki hai

Your eyes are slightly red

Have you/ they been up all night?

When the lights went off at night

You didn't run away in fear, did you?

What is that under your lip

Like some burning bruise?

Who knows with what thought this time my eyes are lowered

Seeing you, I have stopped breathing for far too long

Bekaraan hai bekaraan 

Aankhein bandh kijay na

Dubne lagey hai hum 

Saans lene dijay na

Aankhein teri bekaraan (aankhein bandh kijay na)

Your eyes are endless (please close your eyes)

Aasman hi aasman (aankhein bandh kijay na)

Endless as the skies (please close your eyes)

Bekaraan hai bekaraan 

Aankhein bandh kijay na

Dubne lagey hai hum 

Saans lene dijay na

Lillah