Neither You Nor I, A Urdu Ghazal By Khalid Ahmad In English Translation Poem by Ravi Kopra

On the day of separation neither you nor I
cried. Still we couldn't sleep at night, neither you nor I

The circumstances had turned us into heartless stones
We didn't get lost in past memories, neither you nor I

The signs of discord were evident from the beginning
But we could not speak out differences, neither you nor I

Our lamentations were our own, we both grieved alone
We shed no tears bidding good byes, neither you nor I

We didn't see eye to eye, we looked at the sky
We were both sad but did not cry, neither you nor I

(An added couplet)

I had to leave for the war over Kashmir between Pakistan and India
You a muslima, I a Hindu, could not hold back tears, neither you nor I