Will you sit next to me ?

Song : Maranametthunna Neratthu(മരണമെത്തുന്ന നേരത്ത്)
Lyrics : Rafeeq Ahmed , Singer : Unni Menon.
A simple attempt to translate.

When death calls me so close, will you sit next to me for a while?

While burning embers scorch my fingers,

will you sit next to me for a while?

My numbed fingers could caress you and rest in ashes.

Will you fill every trace of my last breathing air in your fragrance?

When my eyes close forever, to immerse myself in your image.

Before my ears drown into the deathly deafness,

to fill in your breeze of whispers.

Will you sit next to me for a while?

My learnings and memories add to the fire in my forehead

only the shades of you can bring the rains, make it green.

Will you sit next to me for a while?

When death calls me so close, will you sit next to me for a while?

In your prayers and kisses, stitch the many cuts in my soul and lips.

Will you sit next to me for a while?

My dear, my love,

my memories imprinted in many footprints,

of my many walks towards you.

It's more than enough for me to rest my legs.

It's more than enough for me to be reborn as a tender grass,

over my buried soil, above my enclosed soul.

When death burns me to the end, will you sit next to me for a while?