324. Translation of Sad Songs of Rafi: Uff Yeh Zindagi...

Movie: DAUD DHOOP (1980 - Unreleased)
Music: Naresh Hansraj
Lyrics: Baburao Rokde


Rafi Sahaab’s another bacchanalian song: Uff Yeh Zindagee....

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

Apnee miThaas khokar, mai.n bann gayaa khaara
HAVING LOST MY SWEETNESS, I’VE BECOME BRACKISH,

Yaaro.n mai.n jeevan se haaraa..........
FRIENDS, I’VE LOST TO LIFE...

Uff, yeh, zindagee,
OH THIS LIFE!

Uff, yeh, dau.d dhoop,
OH THIS RAT RACE!

Ke jeevan kee dau.d me.n, yaaro.n mai.n peechhe, reh gayaa,
FRIENDS, IN LIFE’S RACE I’VE LAGGED BEHIND,

Reh gayaa,
I’VE LAGGED,


Nadi se chalaa thaah, mai.n saagar ban-ne,
AS A RIVER, I’D SET OUT TO BECOME AN OCEAN,

Nadi se chalaa thaah, mai.n saagar ban-ne,
AS A RIVER, I’D SET OUT TO BECOME AN OCEAN,

Ke Saaghar me.n maine, pooraa yeh jeevan, dubo diyaa,
IN THE GOBLET I’VE DROWNED THIS WHOLE LIFE OF MINE,

Dubo diyaa...
I’VE DROWNED...

Uff, yeh, zindagee,
OH, THIS LIFE!

haay yeh, dau.d dhoop...
ALAS, THIS RAT RACE...


Raahe.n, miT gayee.n hai.n,
THE PATHS STAND ERASED,

Kho gayee, meree manzil,
LOST IS MY DESTINATION,

Jaaye.n, ab kahaa.n hamm,
WHERE SHOULD WE NOW GO,

Apnee, naa koee mehfil,
NO KIND OF ANY GET-TOGETHER FOR US,

Chhaayaa hai andhera,
DARKNESS HAS SPREAD,

Jeena hai mushkil,
LIVING IS DIFFICULT,

Jeena hai mushkil,
LIVING IS DIFFICULT,

Uff, yeh, zindagee,
OH, THIS LIFE!

Uff, yeh, dau.d dhoop...
OH, THIS RAT RACE!


Mai.n ab, mai.n nahee.n hoo.n,
I AIN’T MYSELF NOW,

Kuchh aur, ho gayaa hoo.n,
SOMETHING ELSE I’VE BECOME,

Chaahaa thaah, kuchh banoo.n mai.n,
I’D LONGED TO BE A SOMEBODY,

Lekin, miT gayaa hoo.n,
BUT I’M SHATTERED,

Achchaa yeh samjhaa,
I UNDERSTOOD IT WELL,

Mai.n chup, ho gayaa hoo.n,
SPEECHLESS I’VE BECOME,

Mai.n chup, ho gayaa hoo.n,
SPEECHLESS I’VE BECOME,

Uff yeh, zindagee,
OH , THIS LIFE!

Uff yeh, dau.d dhoop,
OH, THIS RAT RACE!

Ke jeevan kee dau.d me.n, yaaro.n mai.n peechhe, reh gayaa,
FRIENDS, IN LIFE’S RACE, I’VE LAGGED BEHIND,

Reh gayaa,
I’VE LAGGED,

Uff yeh, zindagee,
OH, THIS LIFE!

Haay yeh, dau.d dhoop,
ALAS THIS RAT RACE!

Haay.
ALAS!

NASIR

“Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways”
- Stephen Vincent Benet