281. Translation of Sad Songs of Rafi: Sab ke Rehte Lagta Hai Jaise..

Movie: SAMJHAUTA (1973)
Lyrics: Indeevar
Music: Kalyanji-Anandji

Main Theatrical Release in Bombay: Super Cinema.

Rafi Sahaab’s Voice giving forceful expressions to estrangement, despondency, and dark fate: Sab ke Rehte Lagta Hai Jaise...

Roman Transliteration/English Translation of the original Urdu/Hindi lyrics:


Sabke rehte lagtaa hai jaise,
EVEN WITH THE PRESENCE OF ALL, I FEEL AS IF

Koee nahee.n hai mera,
NO ONE IS MINE,

Koee nahee.n hai mera,
NO ONE IS MINE,

Sabke rehte lagtaa hai jaise,
EVEN WITH THE PRESENCE OF ALL, I FEEL AS IF

Koee nahee.n hai meraa,
NO ONE IS MINE,

Koee nahee.n hai meraa,
NO ONE IS MINE,


Sooraj ko chhoone nikla thaah,
I HAD SET OUT TO REACH FOR THE SUN,

Aayaa haath andheraa,
DARKNESS REACHED MY HAND,

Koee nahee.n hai meraaa,
NO ONE IS MINE.


Meri Qismat mein hai Thokar,
I’M FATED TO STUMBLE

Yu.n to bahot hai.n Sahaare,
SUPPORTERS THERE ARE MANY - SO TO SPEAK!

Mere dil ka deep bujhaa toh
AS THE HEART’S LAMP HAS EXTINGUISHED,

Phir kyaa Chaand-Sitaare,
WHAT DO I CARE ABOUT THE MOON AND THE STARS!

Chandaa waali raat bhee Kaali,
EVEN THE MOONLIT NIGHT IS PITCH-BLACK,

Chandaa waali raat bhee Kaali,
EVEN THE MOONLIT NIGHT IS PITCH-BLACK,

Kaalaa hai meraa Savera,
DINGY IS MY DAWN.

Koee nahee.n hai meraa,
NO ONE IS MINE,


Sabke rehte lagtaa hai jaise,
EVEN WITH THE PRESENCE OF ALL, I FEEL AS IF

Koee nahee.n hai meraa,
NO ONE IS MINE,

Koee nahee.n hai meraa,
NO ONE IS MINE,

OH ~~~OH~~~~OH~~~

Rasta hee rastaa hai aage,
ONLY ENDLESS PATHS LIE AHEAD,

Naa manzil naa kinaara,
NO DESTINATION! NO SHORE!

Jaane kahaan par le chali hai,
DON’T KNOW WHERE ‘TIS LEADING

Mujh ko samay ki Dhaara,
ME, THE STREAM OF TIME,

TooTi naiyaa bichha.de khevayyaa,
THE SHIP GOT WRECKED, THE MATES PARTED

TooTi naiyaa bichha.de khevayyaa,
THE SHIP GOT WRECKED, THE MATES PARTED,

Toofaano ne gheraa.
THE STORMS HAVE ENGULFED ON ALL SIDES,

Koee nahee.n hai, meraa
NO ONE IS MINE,


Sabke rehte. lagtaa hai aise,
EVEN WITH THE PRESENCE OF ALL, I FEEL AS IF

Koee nahee.n hai meraa
NO ONE IS MINE,

Koee nahee.n hai meraa
NO ONE IS MINE,

Koee nahee.n hai meraa
NO ONE IS MINE,

Koee nahee.n hai meraa
NO ONE IS MINE,


NASIR.

A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state
- Alexander Pope.