Music Composition: Anitha DixitLyrics: Vikram RamanarayananTabla: Ajay Sundar RajHarmonium: Surya SarafVocals: Anitha Dixit, Ritwik Verma, Prathamesh Kamat, Sujit Saraf, Ritesh Nayak, Savitha Gayathri, Surya Saraf, Vikram RamanarayananThis song is a part of The 6th Pillar - Naatak's 99th Production, Written andDirected by Vikram RamanarayananJuly23-Aug7, 2022https://www.naatak.org/2022-thesixthpillar/Daastaan-e-Chhataa-Satoon (The Tale of The Sixth Pillar)Saraab-e-jannat mein masroof they hum      So engrossed in the mirage of paradise were weQazi ki nazar se posheeda har qadam              At every step invisible to the powers that beKhoon ki qurbani to de chuke hum/qasam    Bonds of blood we did sacrifice as wellAb pahuch gaye dehleez-e-jahannum              Now here we stand at the gates of hellSahraa banaa sahaaraa, iska nahi tha gam          The desert turned refuge, dismayed we were notPar qafas-e-khanjar mein taaze huay zakham      But that cage of daggers reopened wounds we'd forgotKahaan libaas - tameez ke shaukeen, besharam?     Where once we were fashionable, dignified, cleanAb dekhne-sunne ki mehaz ban gaye misaal hum       Now we remain but an example, to be heard and seenTehreer-e-taqdeer se haare mohtaram         The writ of fate has dealt a fatal blowDard-e-duhaai ab huaa madham                       Our painful pleas now drowning out, slowGardish-e-wajood mein fanaa beraqam        This existential struggle has us destroyed, bereftKhwaaish-e-khaaliq se qissa mukhtatam     And now ending this story is all that's left.Support the showSubscribe to Naatak Radio on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Jio Saavn or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also listen to our library of over 100 episodes on our website at naatak.org/naatakradio/Love the show? Consider supporting the show here.