This song is inspired from a famous Persian couplet by the 13th century Sufi poet Aamir Khusrow.
The couplets about Kashmir: “Agar firdaus bar roo-e zameen ast, Hameen ast-o hameen ast-o hameen ast…” If there is a paradise on earth, It is this, it is this, it is this…
This song compares the reality in Kashmir from the past when the place was beautiful, serene, and culturally thriving, to now when political upheavel and militant activity has left the land far from civility and peace. The new lyrics are added to the original from the Persian couplets as a comparison.
Haminastu
Movie: Fitoor
Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire
Composer: Amit Trivedi
Singer: Zeb Bangash
| Urdu Lyrics | English Translation |
| Agar firdaus bar roo-e-zameen ast, Hameen ast-o hameen ast-o hameen ast… | If there is a paradise on earth, It is this, it is this, it is this… |
| Meri jaan, rooh, dil se wabast, hameen ast-o hameen asto… | My being, my soul, my heart is well acquainted with this, this is the place, this is the place… |
| Agar firdaus bar roo-e-zameen ast, Hameen ast-o hameen ast-o hameen asto… | If there is a paradise on earth, It is this, it is this, it is this… |
| Meri jaan, rooh, dil se wabast, hameen ast-o hameen asto… | My being, my soul, my heart is well acquainted with this, this is the place, this is the place… |
| Khamosh darakhtu ke saaye, ye khauf hai soya sa…Kuch khoya khoya humne abhi, ye chehra hai roya sa… | Even the silhouettes of trees stay silent in this dormant fear…I lost something now, and there is sorrow on my face… |
| Murjhatey gulo ne zuk ke kaha, humein aadat hain hameenastu…Chalte lamho ne ruk ke kaha inayat hai hameenastu… | The withering flowers bowed down and said we are used to the sorrow here…The passing moments stopped and said, it’s a blessing that time passes on here… |
| Ye veeraney, ye sannatte, kya bol rahe, aate jaatey, aate jaatey ho… | This yearning, this sombre silence, what are they saying as they pass by |
| Panchi saarey ud gaye kahi, bas ghosle hai hameenastu… | The birds have all flown away, only the empty nests are left here… |
| Gar jannat hai zameen pe kahi, yahi pe hai hameenastu | If there is heaven on the earth, it is here, it is here… |
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