Sunday 14 October 2007

Chaiya Chaiya

The last time I got a train to London it was just like this. This is an ace song and video

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

translation:

Chorus:
jinke sar ho ishq kii chhanh

He whose head is in the shadow of love

pao ke niiche jannat hogi
will have heaven beneath his feet.

jinke sar ho ishq ki chha.nh
Whose head is in the shadow of love...

chal chhaiyya
Walk in the shadow.

pao jannat chale chal chhaiyyan Walk in heaven, walk in the shadow.

vo yaar hai jo khushbuu kii tarah There's a friend who is like a sweet fragrance

jiskii zabaan Urdu kii tarah
whose words are like poetry (lit. Urdu, the language of poetry

merii shaam raat merii qainaat
who is my evening, my night, my existence

vo yaar mera saiyya saiyya
That friend is my beloved!

Chorus

gulposh kabhii itarae kahii Sometimes (my beloved) flirts like a flower

mahake to nazar aa jaa'e kahii
so fragrantly that you may see her scent

taawiiz banake pahanuu useh
Having made it into an charm, I will wear it

aayat kii tarah mil jaaye kahin She shall be obtained as a miracle is obtained

mera nagama vahii, mera qalama vahii
She is my song, my declaration of faith
(kalama: the Muslim confession of faith, as in, "la ilaaha il allaah" - "there is no God but Allah")

vo yaar hai jo imaam ki tarah
My friend is like a priest to me

mera nagama nagama mera qalama qalama My song... my declaration of faith...

yaar misaleh os chale
She moves like the dew

paon ke tale phirdaus chale
She walks with the garden of heaven beneath her feet

kabhii Daal Daal kabhii paat paat sometimes through the branches, sometimes amidst the leaves

mai hawa pe Dhuund Dhuund us ke nishaan
I shall search the wind for her trail!

Chorus

mai uske ruup ka sedaaii
I trade in her beauty

vo dhuup chhaaho sa harjaaii Fickle, she flits shamelessly from sun to shade

vo shokh rang badalta hai
She changes her bright colors

mai rang ruup ka saudaaii
I negotiate that as well.

Chorus

Matt said...

brilliant. thank you. the original scans better!

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