favorite ghazal rendition

going through my old blog, i remembered that i had this short phase where i translated a couple hindi songs/ghazals into english. seeing that i felt like doing so again - so here goes my attempt at translating my all time favorite ghazal rendition: "yeh karam tanhaiyon ka" - written by nasir and set to tune and sung by ghulam ali.

a kind series of solitary moments will be all that is left,
in between you and me an emptiness will be all that is left.

all the reflections will get flown away in the sunny flood,
and there looking over into the waters someone will be left.

oh fellow traveller i am walking along such a path,
even if the destination is reached a distance will be left.

people will fall asleep tucked under a blanket of silence,
and wandering about in deserted lanes the moon will be left.

that which she once read having borrowed from me,
my name scribbled in those books will be all that is left.