Rememberance Poem by Ehsanul Haque

Translation of a song by Majrooh Sultanpuri from 1966

Whether I am or I am not,
I will always bloom
Like a bud,
Like time,
In this garden of colours.

When I am finally gone,
When you stop, moving, as I stir in your thoughts,
In a dew-clad moonlit night
You will hear me in the distance
As I stir in your thoughts
And out there somewhere
You will see me smiling and vibrant
Like a bud,
Like time,
In this colourful garden of life.