AAH - SELECTED LYRICS
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1. Jaane
Na Nazar 2. Aa Jaa Re 3. Yeh Shaam Ki 4. Sunte The Naam 5. Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat |
JAANE NA NAZAR
| jaane na nazar pahachaane jigar | My eyes don't know him, but my heart recognizes |
| yeh kaun jo dil par chhaaya | the one who has enchanted my heart. |
| mera a.ng a.ng muskaaya | My every limb thrills to him. |
| jaane na nazar pahachaane jigar | My eyes don't know him, but my heart recognizes |
| yeh kaun jo dil par chhaaya | the one who has enchanted my heart. |
| mera a.ng a.ng muskaaya | My every limb thrills to him. |
| aawaaz yeh kiskii aatii hai | Whose voice is this that calls out, |
| jo chheRke dil ko jaatii hai | who, having teased my heart, departs? |
| mai.n sunke jise sharmaa jaa'uu.n | Whom, having heard, I grow bashful? |
| hai kaun jo mujh me.n samaaya | Who is he who has settled into me? |
| mera a.ng a.ng muskaaya... | My every limb thrills... |
| jaane na nazar pahachaane jigar | My eyes don't know her, but my heart recognizes |
| yeh kaun jo dil par chhaaya | the one who has enchanted my heart. |
| mera a.ng a.ng muskaaya... | My every limb thrills to her. |
| DHuu.nRHuu.nge use ham taaro.n me.n | I'll look for her in the stars, |
| saavan kii THa.nDHii bahaaro.n me.n | in the cool rains of the spring. |
| par ham bhii kisii se kyo.n ruup ko apne chhupaaya | For why should I hide my form from anyone? |
| mujhe roz roz taRpaaya | Every day she torments me... |
| bin dekhe jisko pyaar karuu.n | He whom I love without having ever seen him, |
| gar dekhuu.n usko jaan bhii duu.n | I'd give my life to see him. |
| ek baar kaho o jaaduugar yeh kaunsa khel rachaaya | Tell me just once, o magician, what game have you set in motion? |
| mera a.ng a.ng muskaaya... | My every limb thrills to it... |
| jaane na nazar pahachaane jigar | The one my glance doesn't know, but my heart recognizes, |
| yeh kaun jo dil par chhaaya | the one who has enchanted my heart, |
| mera a.ng a.ng muskaaya | thrills my every limb. |
AA JAA RE
| CHORUS: | |
| aa jaa re | Come to me. |
| aa jaa re ab mera dil pukaara | Come, my heart calls out to you. |
| ro roke gam bhii haaraa | With tears, even my sorrows were defeated. |
| badnaam na ho pyaar mera | Don't let my love be maligned. |
| aa jaa re | Come to me. |
| ghabaraa'e haa'e yeh dil... | This heart is torn with worry... |
| sapno.n me.n aake kabhii mil... | Come into my dreams and meet me some time... |
| maut merii taraf aane lagii | Death has begun to creep toward me; |
| jaan terii taraf jaane lagii | life has gone in your direction. |
| bol shaam-e-judaa'ii kya kare.n... | Tell me, on this night of separation, what can I do? |
| aas milne kii taRapne lagii | The hope of a meeting torments me. |
| Chorus | |
| apne biimaar-e-gam ko dekh le | Behold my illness and grief. |
| ho sake to tuu hamko dekh le | If it's possible, look upon me. |
| tuu ne dekha na hoga yeh samaa... | You will never have seen such a sight... |
| kaise jaata hai dam ko dekh le | How the breath departs; watch! |
| Chorus |
YEH SHAAM KI
| yeh shaam kii tanhaa'iyaa.n aise me.n tera gam | Like the loneliness of this night, so do I pine for you. |
| patte kahii.n phaRke havaa aa'ii to chau.nke ham | The wind sweeps by with a rustling of leaves, and I'm startled. |
| jis raah se tum aane ko the uske nishaa bhii miTne lage | The path by which you were to come, its outline is fading away. |
| aa'e na tum sau sau dafaa aa'e gaye mausam | But a hundred hundred times you didn't arrive, and the seasons have come and gone. |
| siine se lagaa terii yaad ko rotii rahii mai.n raat ko | Clutching your memory to my breast, I wept all night. |
| haalat pe merii chaa.nd taare ro gaye shabnam | The moon and stars wept dew over my sad state. |
| yeh shaam kii tanhaa'iyaa.n aise me.n tera gam... | Like the loneliness of this night, so do I pine for you... |
SUNTE THE NAAM
| sunte the naam ham jinka bahaar se dekha | He whose name I'd heard, when I beheld his splendor, |
| to Dola jiya jhuum jhuumke | my heart lurched and swayed. |
| chhupte rahe jo merii nazar se | He who remained hidden from my gaze, |
| dil bole mera tum hii to ho | of him my heart says, "It's you and you alone." |
| aa.nkho.n se ra.ng mere dil kii um.ang pe Daala | With his eyes he gave color to the desires of my heart, |
| to Dola jiya jhuum jhuumke | and it lurched and swayed for joy. |
| THukaraa chhuuke the jinkii muhabbat ham kya unpe diiwaane hu'e | The one whose love I touched and rebuffed, I went mad for him |
| taRpaake pyaar ne jab hamko pyaar se chheRa | when love teased me affectionately, tormenting me, |
| to Dola jiya jhuum jhuumke | and my heart lurched and swayed. |
| pahale kahii.n yeh dil na jhuka tha | Never before did my heart bow down; |
| mai.n kya jaanuu.n ab kya ho gaya | what do I know of what's happened to me? |
| jaa'o na aaj kahii.n tum hamko chhoRke apna | Don't go anywhere today forsaking me; |
| to Dola jiya jhuum jhuumke | my heart has lurched and swayed. |
| sunte the naam ham jinka bahaar se dekha | He whose name I'd heard, when I beheld his splendor, |
| to Dola jiya jhuum jhuumke | my heart lurched and swayed. |
RAJA KI AAYEGI BAARAAT
| raajaa kii aa'egii baaraat ra.ngiilii hogii raat | When the prince's wedding procession comes, the night will be beautiful, |
| magn mai.n naachuu.ngii... | and I will dance, absorbed in joy. |
| raajaa kii aa'egii baaraat ra.ngiilii hogii raat | When the prince's wedding procession comes, the night will be beautiful, |
| magn mai.n naachuu.ngii... | and I will dance, absorbed in joy. |
| raajaa kii aa'egii baaraat ra.ngiilii hogii raat | When the prince's wedding procession comes, the night will be beautiful. |
| raajaa ke maathe tilak lagega | On the prince's forehead the mark of marriage will be applied, |
| raanii ke maathe si.nduur... | on the princess will be adorned with vermilion [in the parting of her hair; a sign of marriage]... |
| mai.n bhii apne man kii aashaa | and my heart's fondest hope |
| puurii karuu.ngii zaruur... | I will surely see realized... |
| meh.ndii se piile ho.nge haath saheliyo.n ke saath | In the company of friends, my hands will drink up the henna. |
| magn mai.n naachuu.ngii... | I will dance, absorbed in joy, |
| raajaa kii aa'egii baaraat ra.ngiilii hogii raat | when the prince's wedding procession comes; the night will be splendid. |
| raanii ke sa.ng raajaa Dolii sajaate | With the queen, the king will decorate the bridal palanquin, |
| chale jaa'e.nge pardes... | and take her to a foreign land... |
| jab jab unkii yaad aa'egii | Whenever I think of them, |
| dil pe lagegii THes... | it will be like a blow to my heart. |
| naino.n se hogii barsaat a.ndherii hogii raat | A shower will fall from my eyes; the night will turn dark, |
| magn mai.n naachuu.ngii... | and I will dance, lost in memory... |
| raajaa kii aa'egii baaraat ra.ngiilii hogii raat | When the prince's wedding procession comes, the night will be beautiful, |
| magn mai.n naachuu.ngii... | and I will dance, lost in joy. |
| raajaa kii aa'egii baaraat ra.ngiilii hogii raat | When the prince's wedding procession comes, the night will be beautiful. |