Shoshe Ka Chashma is the 5th track from the album Sufayed by my band Alif. (@wordsofalif)

Shoshe Ka Chashma literally means "The Show-Off Goggles".
"Shosha" is a term used often in North-India is it means showing-off.

The song talks about today's world drowned vanity and unless you "show-off" your talent, no-one is going to acknowledge it.

Lyrics:

khamoshi beychoun,chillayega koun
gar baksay mein rakh chodoun khareedega koun
har fann kay maula miltay hai roz
kis se main seekhoun, sikhayega koun

yeh jo shosha hai tera
jo hai aabne khareeda
kaisay mein beychoun

aainay se baatein karta houn kyun
uss kounay mein mera bistar hai, sulayega koun

haan khud ki zehmat hoon, nibhana kusoor
par shoshe ka chasma lagana zaroor

ye jo bezaar khazaney hai, sabke sab jo tumhare hai
kaise mein beychoun

chadar hai bistar hai takiya bhi hai
kaisay mein sou zaalim aashiq beparda hai
kehnay ko tou ye mohabbat bechain hai
hargiz issmein tum na padna khoobsurat hai

kya mein bechoun kya kareedoun shosha hai
kyun mein bechoun kyun kareedoun shosha hai
unko dekhoun khud ko dekhoun shosha hai.
kya mein bechoun kya kareedoun shosha hai

Translation:

If I sell my silence, who is going to scream?
If I box it up, who will buy it?
I meet people with different talents every day
Whom must I learn from, who will teach me

This "Show-off" of yours, which everyone has bought
How do I sell?

Why do I talk to the mirror?
My bed is in that corner, who will put me to sleep?

I do have to fulfil this pain and uneasiness inside of me
But putting on the "Show-off Goggles" is necessary

All these uninteresting treasures are all yours
How do I sell?

My quilt, my bed, my pillow, it is all there
But how do I sleep, my oppressive lover is unveiled
This love is said to be restless
But do not fall for it, for it is beautiful

what do I sell, what do I buy,
its all a "show-off"
why must I sell, why must I sell
its all a "show-off"
I see them, I see myself
its all a "show-off"
what do I sell, what do I buy,
its all a "show-off"

Here is a lyrics Video for the song:

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