407. Rafi's Romantic Song: Ghame Hasti Se Bas Begaanaa Hotaa

Movie: Vallah Kya Baat Hai (1962)
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Music: Roshan

Romantic Rafi’s wishful thinking: Gham-e-Hastee Se Bas Begaanaa Hotaa...

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

ghame hastee se bas begaanaa hotaa,
ONLY IF I’D BEEN A STRANGER TO LIFE’S SORROW,

khudaayaa kaash mai.n, deewaanaa hotaa,
O GOD, I WISH I WERE INSANE!

ghame hastee se bas begaanaa...
ONLY A STRANGER TO LIFE’S SORROW...

chalee aatee qiyaamat, anjuman me.n,
THE SENSATION WOULD COME TO THE GATHERING,

chalee aatee qiyaamat anjuman me.n
THE SENSATION WOULD COME TO THE GATHERING,

gulo.n ko aag lag jaatee chaman me.n,
THE ROSES WOULD BECOME ENVIOUS IN THE GARDEN,

alag baithaa...
SITTING ALL BY HIMSELF...

alag baithaa koee, mastaana hotaa,
SITTING ALL BY HIMSELF WOULD BE SOME DRUNK,

khudaayaa, kaash mai.n, deewaanaa hotaa,
O GOD, I WISH I WERE INSANE!

ghame hastee se bas begaanaa...
ONLY A STRANGER TO LIFE’S SORROW...


jo dekhaa hai sunaa hai, zindagee me.n,
WHAT I’VE SEEN AND HEARD IN LIFE,

jo dekhaa hai sunaa hai zindagee me.n,
WHAT I’VE SEEN AND HEARD IN LIFE,

voh banke dard reh jaata naa jee me.n,
NOT AS AN AGONY IT WOULD HAVE REMAINED IN THE MIND,

faqat ik khwaab...
JUST A DREAM...

faqat ik khwaab ik afsaana hotaa,
JUST A DREAM, A FABLE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN,

khudaayaa kaash mai.n, deewaanaa hotaa,
O GOD, I WISH I WERE INSANE!

ghame hastee se bas begaanaa...
ONLY A STRANGER TO LIFE’S SORROW...


usee deewaanagee me.n, bekhudee me.n,
IN THAT VERY STATE OF LUNACY, INEBRIETY,

usee deewaanagee me.n bekhudee me.n,
IN THAT VERY STATE OF LUNACY, INEBRIETY,

naa khultee aankh saaree zindagee me.n,
THE EYES WOULD’NT HAVE OPENED ALL LIFE,

sadaa gardish me.n....
IN CONSTANT MISFORTUNE...

sadaa gardish me.n, ik paimaana hotaa,
IN CONSTANT MISFORTUNE WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOBLET,

khudaayaa, kaash mai.n, deewaanaa hotaa,
O GOD, I WISH I WERE INSANE!

ghame hastee se bas begaanaa hotaa,
ONLY A STRANGER TO LIFE’S SORROW...

khudaayaa kaash mai.n, deewaanaa hotaa.
O GOD, I WISH I WERE INSANE!

NASIR

You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed you.
Euripides

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