Aawara Hoon

....Kal shab mujhe beshakl ki aawaaz ne chaunka diya
Maine kaha tu kaun hai?
Usne kahaa aawaragi

Ek ajnabi jhonke ne jab pucha mere gam ka sabab
Sehara ki bheegi ret par maine likha aawaragi...

My ongoing translation attempts:

....Kal shab mujhe beshakl ki aawaaz ne chaunka diya
Maine kaha tu kaun hai?
Usne kahaa aawaragi

Taken aback by a voice faceless, nameless last night,
Who are you, I asked?
The Bohemian, the voice answered

Ek ajnabi jhonke ne jab pucha mere gam ka sabab
Sehara ki bheegi ret par maine likha aawaragi..

When a strange unexpected breeze asked me of the lessons of my travails,
On the wet sands of the desert, I wrote - The Bohemian...


-Aawaragi (Ghulam Ali)
Lyrics Mohsin Naqvi