Broken Streets Rising

Feri mero kuraa kaatyau I wasn’t finished yet Timile birsen bhanyau

Well, I don’t forget Haansera taarna khojyau

Like you always do

Aaja haansna man chhaina I’m talking to you

Dhokaa baahira pani timro aawaaj aayo

Bhitra pasdaa sabai feri chupchaap

Usle boldaa “naatak nagara” bhanyau

Aafno paalo aaundaa tebalmaa haat I saw that glass shake,

nobody moved Everybody staring at their shoes “Ghar ko kuraa ho,” bhandai

chhopna khojyau Tara uslaai gharmai bolna kahaan diyau?

She doesn’t need me putting words in her mouth I’m here because

you keep drowning her out Ekchhin roka,

jawaaf pachhi deu Aaja usko kuraa pooraa huna deu

Mero kuraa sun— Let me finish!

Beechmai naroka You don’t get to twist it

Timi risaaunchhau bhanera

Kati kuraa lukaa-en

Aba timilaai herera Tyahi kuraa sunaa-en

Let me finish— Mero kuraa sun!

Bholipalta feri uhi “sorry” aayo Sangai eutaa “tara timile pani”

Maafi ko aadhaa baato napugdai Dosh farkera uskai thaaplo maathi

That’s not an answer,

that’s a rerun Same old ending before she’s begun Fonmaa lekheko kuraa

metthi Pathaaunu-aghi daschoti herthi Kun shabdale feri jhagadaa holaa?

Kun kuraa aaja nabhanekai raamro?

Now she’s right here,

saying it plain Don’t make her say it all over again

Mero kuraa sun— Let me finish!

Beechmai naroka You don’t get to twist it

Timi risaaunchhau bhanera Kati kuraa lukaa-en Aba timilaai herera Tyahi kuraa sunaa-en

Let me finish— Mero kuraa sun!

Malaai pani dar laagchha My hands are shaking still

Bhanna khojdaa ghaanti adkinchha But I know what I feel

Sajilo hunthyo feri “Theek chha” bhanera jaana

But it wasn’t fine then

And it isn’t fine now

Aba mero paalo!

Mero kuraa sun—

Let me finish! Let her say it.

Beechmai naroka

You don’t get to twist it

Pooraa sunna deu. Timi risaaunchhau bhanera Aba kuraa lukaaudinan Swar mero kaampe

pani Aadhaa boli rokidinan Let me

finish— Mero kuraa sun!

Feri mero kuraa kaatyau…

This time,

I kept talking.