Translation of the song Koi yeh kaise batye artist Jagjit Singh

koi ye kaise bataaye ke wo tanha kyooN hai

How does one explain being forlorn

wo jo apna thaa wahi aur kisi ka kyooN hai

The one that was our own, now belongs to another

yahi duniya hai to phir aisee ye duniya kyooN hai

If this is the world, why must it be so?

yahi hota hai to aakhir yahi hota kyooN hai

If this is how it transpires, why must it be so?

ik zara haath baDha deN to pakaD le daaman

If received with open arms, one would hold on to the hem

uske seene meiN sama jaaye hamari dhaDkan

In her bosom my own heartbeat comes together

itni kurbat hai to phir faaslaa itna kyooN hai

If there's such propinquity, why is there such separation?

dil-e-barbaad se nikla nahiN ab tak koi

None have escaped the annihilation of a heart-break

ik loote ghar pe diya karta hai dastak koi

Still someone knocks on the door of this pillaged home

aas jo TooT gayee phir se bandhaata kyooN hai

Hope that was once severed, why does it fasten again?

tum asarrat ka kahO ya ise gham ka rishta

You may call this an alliance of joy or heartache

kehte hain pyaar ka rishta hai janam ka rishta

They say love is a bond of a lifetime,

hai janam ka jo ye rishta to badalta kyooN hai

If it is lifelong then why does it change?