580. Rafi's Philosophical Song: Kehte hain jise duniyaa....

Movie: TAXI 555 (1958)

Lyrics: Prem Dhawan
Music: Sardar Malik.


Philosophical/Didactic Song of Rafi: Kehte hai.n jise duniyaa...a humourous comment on those seeking the world!


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

Kehte hai.n jise duniyaa ,

THAT WHICH IS CALLED “THE WORLD,”

har ik yahaa.n paagal hai,
EVERYONE IS CRAZY HERE,


Har ik yahaa.n saudaaee,
EVERYONE’S A SEEKER,


Koee paise kaa deewaanaa,
SOME ARE CRAZY FOR MONEY,


Koee husn ka parwaanaa,
SOME ARE THE LOVERS OF BEAUTY,


Koee naam ka shedaayee,
SOME HANKER AFTER NAME,


Kehte hai.n jise duniyaa....
THAT WHICH IS CALLED “THE WORLD”...


Chakkar me.n hazaaro.n ke, sau waalaa phire bhaTkaa,
IN SEARCH OF THOUSANDS, ROAMS THE ONE WHO HAS HUNDREDS,


Mil jaaye hazaaro.n toh, laakho.n pe hai dil aTkaa,
IF THE THOUSANDS ARE FOUND, THEN THE HEART COVETS A MILLION,


Iss paise ke chakaar me.n, sab duniyaa hai chakraayee,
IN THIS RACE OF MATERIALISM, THE ENTIRE WORLD IS IN A WHIRL,


Kehte hai.n jise duniyaa ,
THAT WHICH IS CALLED “THE WORLD,”


har ik yahaa.n paagal hai,
EVERYONE IS CRAZY HERE,


Har ik yahaa.n saudaaee,
EVERYONE’S A SEEKER,


Kehte hai.n jise duniyaa....
THAT WHICH IS CALLED “THE WORLD”...


Khaane ko naa Dhelaa ho, par ishq zarooree hai,
THERE MAY BE NO MONEY FOR THE MEALS; BUT COURTING IS A MUST,


Jab tak naa pa.de joote, ulfat hee adhooree hai,
TILL THE TIME HE’S BEATEN WITH SHOES, LOVE ITSELF IS INCOMPLETE,


ik laila ke peechhe hai, sau majnoo.n mere bhaaee.
CHASING ONE LAILA, THERE ARE A HUNDRED MAJNUS, MY BROTHER!


Kehte hai.n jise duniyaa ,
THAT WHICH IS CALLED “THE WORLD,”


har ik yahaa.n paagal hai,
EVERYONE IS CRAZY HERE,


Har ik yahaa.n saudaaee,
EVERYONE’S A SEEKER,


Kehte hai.n jise duniyaa....
THAT WHICH IS CALLED “THE WORLD”...


NASIR.

“Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.” Benjamin Franklin quotes
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