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KAGA   SUB   TUN   KHAIYYO   CHUN  CHUN  KHAIYYO MASS

Crow      all   body     eat          peck     peck    eat           flash

                                                 (Bird’s eating)

 PER  DU    NAINA    MUT  KHAIYYO   INHAIN        PIYA         MILAN      KI    AAS

But   two   eyes     do not      eat      they have   beloved       meet     of   hope

First this is not pure Urdu. This is Purabi (Urdu) mostly spoken in western (or may be eastern) part of India – in villages. If you want to listen to Purabi Urdu look for Dilip Kumar’s film  “Ganga – Jamna” In this film Dilip Kumar’s speaks Purabi Urdu.

Explanation of the Rhyme:

A village girl is waiting for her beloved who has gone to the city to earn money. She comes on the mountain to see the path through which the beloved has to come. She is waiting for him for many years. Now she is dying. She sees a crow comes near her. She knows why the crow has come. She addresses the crow and says:

O CROW WHEN I DIE EAT ALL OF MY BODY.  PECK EACH AND EVERY PARTICLE OF MY FLASH

BUT DO NOT EAT MY EYES. THERE IS STILL AND WILL ALWAYS BE HOPE TO SEE MY BELOVED.