Shikayat Shayari in English

I have a thousand complaints against you,
But I forget them all the moment I see your face.

Tumne to hal bhi puchna chhod diya,
Shayad ab hum tumhare liye koi nahi rahe.

Kaise karein shikayat hum unse apni mohabbat ki,
Unhe to hamari khamoshi bhi nazar nahi aati.

You promised to stay forever,
But you left when the storm came.
I am not angry, I am just very disappointed.

Maine manga tha thoda sa waqt tumhara,
Par tumne to humein hi fizool samajh liya.
Shikayat tujhse nahi, apni kismat se hai.

If you really wanted to stay,
You would have found a hundred reasons.
But you only looked for one excuse to walk away.

Humne to sirf pyar manga tha tumse,
Badle mein tumne itne aansu kyun diye?
Ab shikayat karein bhi toh kis se karein?

Every time I try to tell you how I feel,
You change the topic like it doesn’t matter.
Maybe my heart was never your priority,
And my pain was just a story for you.

Kitna ajeeb hai ye rishta hamara bhi,
Na tum mujhse door hote ho aur na paas aate ho.
Sirf shikayaton ka ek lamba silsila reh gaya hai,
Jisme na sawal khatam hote hain na jawab milte hain.

I am tired of pretending that I am okay,
Tired of hiding my tears behind a fake smile.
You hurt me in ways I can never explain,
And yet, I keep coming back to you.

I don’t mind that you are busy,
I just mind that I am no longer your reason to smile.

Tujhse koi gila nahi hai mujhe,
Bas dukh is baat ka hai ki tu badal gaya.

Baat karne ke liye bahut kuch hai mere paas,
Magar ab tum sunne wale nahi rahe.

I wrote your name on my heart,
But you wrote mine on a piece of paper.
One rain was enough to wash me away from your life.

Itna bhi mat tadpao ki dil hi toot jaye,
Humne tumse pyar kiya tha, koi gunah nahi.
Ab to tumhari yaadein bhi shikayat karne lagi hain.

You said you will never let me cry,
But look at me today, my eyes are never dry.
Your promises were just words in the wind.

Tumne kaha tha ki hum hamesha sath rahenge,
Phir beech raste mein mera hath kyun chhoda?
Kya meri mohabbat mein koi kami reh gayi thi?

I am not complaining about the distance between us,
I am complaining about the wall you built in your heart.
I am still here standing in the same old spot,
Waiting for you to look at me the way you used to.

Har roz ek nayi shikayat hoti hai dil mein,
Ki tum pehle jaise kyun nahi rahe ab.
Wo pyar, wo fikar aur wo baatein sab kahan gayi,
Jo kabhi sirf mere liye hua karti thi?

Maybe I loved you a little too much for you to handle,
Or maybe you never really understood what love is.
I have so many things to tell you about my pain,
But I know you will just look away again.

My silence is my biggest complaint,
I hope you can hear the screams inside it.

Ab kuch kehne ka dil nahi karta,
Kyuki tumne kabhi humein samjha hi nahi.

Khamoshi bhi ek shikayat hoti hai,
Bas koi samajhne wala hona chahiye.

I stopped asking you for your time,
Because I realized that begged attention
Never feels like true love anyway.

Humne to chup reh kar hi sab seh liya,
Taaki tumhari khushi mein koi kami na aaye.
Magar meri is khamoshi ne hi mujhe maar diya.

The loudest cry is the one that is silent,
The deepest wound is the one you can’t see.
I am hurting, and you don’t even have a clue.

Zubaan se kuch nahi kehte toh kya hua,
Meri aankhein to sab kuch bayaan karti hain.
Bas tumne kabhi unmein dekhne ki koshish nahi ki.

I have a hundred stories of how you broke me,
But I keep them locked inside my heart forever.
Because telling you would feel like a burden,
And I am done being a burden in your life.

Kabhi kabhi khamosh hona hi behtar hota hai,
Jab samne wale ko hamari baatein chubhne lagein.
Ab koi shikayat nahi hai tumse, bas ek sawal hai,
Kya kabhi sach mein mujhse mohabbat ki thi tumne?

My silence is not my weakness or my ego,
It is just the final stage of my disappointment.
I am done explaining my feelings to someone,
Who finds every reason to ignore my pain.

The worst feeling is being ignored by the person
You would literally give your whole life for.

Ignore karna hai toh khul kar karo,
Yun beech mein latkane ki zarurat kya hai.

Tumhari berukhi bata rahi hai,
Ki ab tumhara dil bhar gaya hai humse.

I check my phone every five minutes,
Hoping for a message that I know won’t come.
Your silence is hurting me more than your words ever could.

Pehle to ghanto baatein hua karti thi hamari,
Ab ek message ka intezaar karte shaam ho jati hai.
Kya itne bure hain hum ki humein ignore kiya jaye?

I am not asking for much, just a little bit of you,
But you act like I am asking for the entire moon.
Being ignored by you is like dying slowly every day.

Jab man kiya baat kar li, jab man kiya chhod diya,
Hum koi khilona nahi hain jo tum khelte raho.
Meri bhi koi izzat hai, meri bhi koi feeling hai.

You have time for everyone else in this world,
But when it comes to me, you are always too busy.
It is funny how priorities change so quickly,
Leaving me behind in the dust of your memories.

Ignore hone ki bhi ek hadd hoti hai janaab,
Humne to apni puri zindagi tumhare naam kar di thi.
Par tumne to humein do pal ka waqt dena bhi,
Apne liye ek bada ehsaan samajh liya hai ab.

I will stop bothering you from today onwards,
Since my presence clearly irritates your soul.
I hope you find the peace you were looking for,
By removing me and my love from your busy life.

Oh God, if you wanted to break my heart,
Why did you give me so much love to start with?

Aye Khuda, meri kismat mein itne dukh kyun hain?
Kya koi khushi mere naseeb mein nahi likhi thi?

Sab kuch toh diya hai tune sabko ae maalik,
Bas ek mera hi naseeb likhna shayad tu bhool gaya.

I don’t complain about my struggle,
I just complain about the timing of my pain.
Just when I started to smile, you took it all away.

Mana ki imtihaan lena tera kaam hai Khuda,
Magar hum insaan hain, koi pathar ke sanam nahi.
Itna mat aazma ki hum toot kar bikhar jayein.

Why do you always take away the ones I love?
Is my happiness something that bothers you too?
I am tired of being strong all by myself.

Har baar meri hi dua kyun radd hoti hai?
Kya meri pukaar tere kaano tak nahi pahunchti?
Sabki sunta hai tu, phir mujhse hi kyun rootha hai?

I look at the stars and ask why my path is dark,
When everyone around me seems to have a light.
I have no complaints against the people anymore,
My only complaint is against the way you wrote my life.

Log kehte hain ki tu sabka bhala karta hai,
Phir mere hisse mein sirf ye aasu hi kyun aaye?
Maine toh kabhi kisi ka bura nahi chaha tha,
Phir kyun meri hi zindagi mein itne andhere chaye?

I am not asking for a life of luxury or gold,
I am just asking for a heart that doesn’t ache.
If you are the one who creates love, tell me,
Why does it have to hurt this much to be true?

You left without saying a single goodbye,
As if those years together meant nothing at all.

Tumne to badi aasani se rishta tod diya,
Kabhi socha hai ki mera kya haal hoga tumhare bina?

Dhokha dena hi tha toh pehle hi bata dete,
Yun pyar ka dikhava karne ki kya zarurat thi?

I am collecting the pieces of my broken heart,
While you are busy building a new world with someone else.
I have a complaint, not that you left, but how you left.

Kaash hum kabhi mile hi na hote aapse,
Toh aaj ye din dekhna na padta humein.
Tumne toh sirf dil toda hai, humne apni jaan di thi.

You promised me a lifetime of happiness,
But all you gave me was a lifetime of memories.
Memories that burn me every single night.

Ab kisi se kya shikayat karein hum apne dard ki,
Jab mera apna hi mujhe beech raah mein chhod gaya.
Mohabbat bhi tumhari thi, aur bewafai bhi tumhari.

I wonder if you ever think about the promises you made,
Or if they were just lies told to keep me close for a while.
You moved on so fast, it makes me feel like I was never
A real part of your life, just a temporary stop.

Dil mein dard hai, aankhon mein aansu aur labon par shikayat,
Ki kyun tumne humein itna bada dhokha diya?
Hum toh aaj bhi wahi hain jahan tum chhod gaye the,
Par tum toh kab ke kisi aur ke ho chuke ho.

They say time heals everything but they are wrong,
It just makes you get used to the pain in your chest.
I have a complaint against your cold and selfish heart,
Which never valued the purity of my soul.

Time didn’t change, people changed their colors,
Leaving me behind with a heart full of old memories.

Waqt ka taqaza dekhiye janaab,
Jo kabhi jaan hua karte the, aaj anjaan ban gaye.

Badalte hue mausam ki tarah badal gaye tum,
Aur hum purani yaadon ki dhoop mein jalte rahe.

I miss the person you used to be at the start,
That person was kind, loving, and cared for me.
The stranger you are today has no heart for me.

Waqt ne kaise khel khele hain hamare sath,
Pehle har baat share hoti thi, ab haal bhi nahi puchte.
Ab toh bas shikayaton ka dher laga hai is dil mein.

I have a complaint against the ticking clock,
It took away the best days of my life with you.
Now all that remains is the silence of the night.

Kal tak jo meri har baat pe muskuraya karte the,
Aaj wahi log meri khamoshi se bhi tang aa gaye hain.
Ye waqt ki hi toh maar hai jo hum seh rahe hain.

Everything feels so heavy and different now,
The laughter has gone, and the jokes have faded.
We are still in the same room but miles apart,
And I hate how time stole our connection from us.

Shikayat sirf waqt se hai ki usne humein badal diya,
Warna hum toh aaj bhi wahi purane insaan hain.
Par logon ki fitrat dekh kar ab darr lagta hai,
Ki koi apna kab paraya ban jaye, pata hi nahi chalta.

I look at our old pictures and I cry inside,
Wondering where that spark and that love went.
Time is a thief that steals the soul of a relationship,
Leaving only the empty shell of a complaint behind.

Dear Life, stop being so hard on me,
I am not as strong as you think I am.

Zindagi tune bahut imtihaan le liye mere,
Ab thoda sukoon bhi dede is bechare dil ko.

Ae zindagi, tujhse koi shikayat nahi hai ab,
Bas thak gaya hoon har roz khud se ladte ladte.

I try so hard to be happy for everyone else,
But who is going to be happy for me?
Life, you have a strange way of punishing the good.

Kitni ajeeb hai ye kashmakash-e-zindagi,
Rote hue paida hote hain aur rote hue mar jate hain.
Khushiyon ka toh sirf naam suna hai humne yahan.

I don’t know what I did to deserve this pain,
Every path I take leads to another dead end.
Life is just a collection of beautiful lies for me.

Zindagi ne itne zakhm diye hain ki ginte ginte thak gaye,
Ab toh dard bhi dard nahi lagta, aadat si ho gayi hai.
Shikayat karein bhi toh kis se, yahan sab musafir hain.

I see people smiling and I wonder how they do it,
When every breath I take feels like a heavy burden.
Life has taken more from me than it ever gave back,
And I am just waiting for the day I can finally rest.

Aye mere naseeb, tujhse bas itni si hi shikayat hai,
Ki tune kabhi mera sath nahi diya jab mujhe zarurat thi.
Humesha raste mushkil kiye aur manzilein door kar di,
Jaise mere hisse mein sirf sangharsh hi likha tha tune.

Life is a beautiful journey for some people,
But for me, it is a long walk on broken glass.
I have no energy left to complain anymore,
I am just surviving until the very last sunset.

I am not angry with you, I am just sad
That you didn’t even notice I was upset today.

Thodi si narazgi hai, thodi si shikayat hai,
Magar is dil ko sirf tumhari hi aadat hai.

Maan jao na ab, itna bhi kya satana,
Meri choti si shikayat ko itna bada mat banao.

I was waiting for your text all day long,
Even a ‘hello’ would have been enough for me.
But I guess your day was too full for me.

Pyari si ek shikayat hai meri aapse,
Ki aap humein itna yaad kyun aate ho?
Kaam karne baithte hain toh bas aap hi dikhte ho.

I have a small complaint to make to you,
You smile so beautifully that I forget my anger.
It is unfair how you win every single argument.

Aapki har baat humein achi lagti hai,
Bas ye chup rehne wali aadat thodi buri hai.
Thoda bol liya karo, dil ko acha lagta hai.

I am just a little bit hurt because you forgot,
That today was a special day for the two of us.
I won’t say much, but my heart is a bit heavy,
Waiting for you to realize why I am so quiet.

Naraz hona bhi ek haq hota hai mohabbat mein,
Aur wahi haq aaj hum tum par jata rahe hain.
Shikayat badi nahi hai, bas thodi tawajjo chahiye,
Jo shayad tumne kisi aur ko dena shuru kar di hai.

I am making a list of all your small mistakes,
Only so I can tell you how much I notice you.
Even my complaints are just a way to stay close,
Because I don’t know how to live without your care.

We were supposed to be best friends forever,
But now we are just strangers with a lot of history.

Dosti ka dawa karne wale toh bahut mile,
Par mushkil waqt mein sab ne sath chhod diya.

Ab toh doston ki mehfil mein bhi akela lagta hai,
Kyuki wo purana wali baat ab kisi mein nahi rahi.

I see your new friends and I see you laughing,
I am happy for you, but it hurts that I’m replaced.
I thought our bond was stronger than a phase.

Kya ho gaya hamari dosti ko ae yaar,
Pehle har baat batate the, ab haal tak nahi puchte.
Shikayat tujhse nahi, badalti hui priorities se hai.

Friendship isn’t about how long you’ve known each other,
It is about who stayed when everyone else left.
I have a complaint against you for giving up on us.

Log badalte hain suna tha, par tum bhi badal jaoge,
Ye kabhi sapne mein bhi nahi socha tha maine.
Tum toh mere sabse bade bharose wale dost the.

I miss the days when we could talk about anything,
From silly jokes to our deepest darkest fears.
Now I have to think twice before I message you,
Because I don’t know if I am still welcome in your life.

Dosti mein shikayat nahi honi chahiye kehte hain sab,
Par jab dil dukhta hai toh zubaan khul hi jati hai.
Tumne toh humein bhula diya jaise hum kabhi the hi nahi,
Par hum aaj bhi wahi purani dosti nibha rahe hain.

I am not mad that you are busy with your new life,
I am just sad that you forgot I was part of the old one.
Friends are like stars, but you turned out to be a shooting one,
Gone before I could even make a wish for us to stay.

I didn’t lose you, I lost the version of you
That I thought was honest and true to me.

Bharosa toda tumne toh ye bhi bata dete,
Ki ab tum par kabhi yakin nahi karna chahiye.

Shikayat sirf itni hai ki tumne jhoot kyun bola,
Sach kadwa hota par itna dard nahi deta.

I trusted you with my heart and my secrets,
But you used them as weapons against me.
I will never be able to trust anyone the same way again.

Dhokha wahi dete hain jin par sabse zyada yakin ho,
Warna gairon ko kya pata ki humein dard kahan hota hai.
Tumne toh meri umeedon ka hi gala ghot diya.

You broke my trust and now you expect me to be fine,
As if nothing happened and everything is okay.
Sorry, but my heart doesn’t have a reset button.

Jab bharosa hi toot gaya toh rishta kaisa?
Ab bas shikayaton ki ek deewar hai hamare beech.
Jise tum kabhi gira nahi paoge, aur main kabhi bhoolunga nahi.

I have a deep complaint against your deceptive heart,
You played your part so well that I believed every word.
I feel like a fool for thinking you were different,
But now I know that even the brightest light has a shadow.

Ek baar keh dete ki tum humse tang aa chuke ho,
Hum khud hi tumhari zindagi se door chale jate.
Par tumne toh jhoot ka sahara lekar humein mara hai,
Aur ye shikayat humein marte dum tak rahegi tumse.

Broken trust is the loudest sound in the world,
It echoes in my head every time I see your face.
I have no words left for you, only a heavy feeling,
That I gave my best to the person who deserved the least.

I have a complaint against my own heart,
It keeps beating for someone who doesn’t even know I exist.

Tumhe chahna meri sabse badi bhool thi,
Kyuki badle mein tumne humein sirf nazarandaz kiya.

Meri mohabbat ek tarfa hi sahi magar sachi thi,
Tumhe shikayat hai ki main tumhe kyun chahta hoon.

I wait for you like the earth waits for rain,
But you are a cloud that belongs to someone else’s sky.
My only complaint is that I can’t stop loving you.

Kitni ajeeb hai ye ek tarfa mohabbat bhi,
Dil mera hai, dhadkan meri hai, par haq tumhara hai.
Aur sabse badi shikayat ye hai ki tumhe iski kadar nahi.

I see you looking at them the way I look at you,
And it breaks me in a way I can’t even explain.
I am not jealous, I am just deeply, deeply hurt.

Kaash tumne kabhi meri aankhon mein dekha hota,
Toh tumhe meri sari shikayaton ka jawab mil jata.
Par tumhari nazrein toh kahin aur hi masroof hain.

I have a thousand things I want to tell you,
But I know you don’t have a minute to listen.
So I keep my complaints in my pocket like coins,
Hoping one day they will buy me some peace of mind.

Tumhe paana meri kismat mein nahi tha shayad,
Magar tumhe khona meri sabse badi haar hai.
Shikayat tujhse nahi, apne naseeb se kar raha hoon,
Ki kyun usne mujhe tumhare itne qareeb laya.

I will never blame you for not loving me back,
Love cannot be forced, I know that very well.
But I do have a complaint about how you led me on,
Giving me hope when you already had someone else.

I am not fighting with people anymore,
I am fighting with my own bad luck every day.

Kismat ki lakiron mein shayad dard hi likha tha,
Maine toh har mod par sirf thokar hi khayi hai.

Taqdeer se bas ek hi shikayat hai meri,
Ki kyun wo mujhse meri har pyari cheez cheen leti hai.

I worked hard, I stayed honest, and I loved truly,
But destiny still decided to give me the hardest test.
Sometimes, I just want to sit down and give up.

Log kehte hain mehnat se kismat badalti hai,
Maine toh apni jaan laga di, phir bhi kuch na badla.
Shikayat hai mujhe is duniya ke niraale kanoon se.

My luck is like a shadow that disappears in the dark,
It leaves me alone just when I need it the most.
I am tired of asking for a little bit of sunshine.

Haar gaya hoon main kismat ki is baazi mein,
Jahan har chaal mere khilaf hi chali gayi.
Ab toh kisi se koi umeed hi nahi rahi mujhe.

I look at people who get everything easily,
And I wonder what I did to deserve this struggle.
I have a huge complaint against the stars above,
Which never seem to align in my favor, no matter what.

Taqdeer ke likhe par kiska zor chalta hai,
Magar dil hai ki phir bhi shikayat karta hai.
Kyun mere hisse ki khushiyan kisi aur ko mil gayi,
Aur mere hisse ke gham mere hi gale lag gaye.

I don’t expect miracles, I just expect fairness,
But life has taught me that fairness is a myth.
I have a complaint against the universe today,
For being so cold to a heart that only wanted to be warm.