223. Rafi's Sad Song: Log kehte hain (Revised)

Movie: BAHU BEGUM (1967)

Music: Roshan

Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi

Rafi's Sad Song: log kehte hain....

Transliteration and English Translation of the filmy Lyrics:

log kehte hai.n ke hamm, tum se kinaaraa kar le.n,

PEOPLE SAY THAT I SHOULD KEEP ALOOF FROM YOU,

tum jo keh doh, toh sitam, ye bhee gavaaraa kar le.n,

IF YOU SAY SO, THEN I'LL SUFFER THIS TORMENT TOO

log kehte hai.n ...

PEOPLE SAY...

tum ne jis haal-e, -pareshaa.n se nikaalaa thaa hame.n,

THE WRETCHED STATE FROM WHICH YOU'D EXTRACTED ME,

aasraa de ke, mohabbat kaa sa.mbhaalaa thaa hame.n,

BY SUPPORTING WITH LOVE, YOU’D TAKEN CARE OF ME,

sochte hai.n ke wohee,

 I WONDER, IF THAT VERY...

sochte hai.n ke wohee, haal dobaaraa kar le.n,

I WONDER, IF THAT VERY STATE I SHOULD REVERT TO,

tum jo keh doh toh sitam, yeh bhee gavaaraa kar le.n,

IF YOU SAY SO, THEN I'LL SUFFER THIS TORMENT TOO

log kehte hai.n...

PEOPLE SAY...

yoo.n bhee ab tum se, mulaaqaat nahee.n hone kee,

OTHERWISE TOO, THERE WON’T BE ANY MEETING UP WITH YOU NOW,

mil bhee jaao..

EVEN IF YOU MEET ME...

mil bhee jaao toh, koyee baat nahee.n hone kee,

EVEN IF YOU MEET ME, NOT A WORD WILL BE SPOKEN! 

aakhree baar bas ab,

JUST FOR THE LAST TIME NOW...

aakhree baar bas ab, zikr tumhaaraa kar le.n,

JUST FOR THE LAST TIME NOW I'LL MENTION YOU, 

tum jo keh doh toh sitam, ye bhee gavaaraa kar le.n,

IF YOU SAY SO, THEN I'LL SUFFER THIS TORMENT TOO

log kehte hai.n....

PEOPLE SAY....

aakhree baar khyaalo.n me.n, bulaa le.n tum ko,

FOR THE LAST TIME IN MY THOUGHTS I'LL INVITE YOU, 

aakhree baar kaleje se, lagaa le.n tum ko,

FOR THE LAST TIME, CLOSER TO MY BOSOM I'LL HOLD YOU,

aur phir apne ta.Rapne, 

AND THEREAFTER, MY OWN PAINFUL AGONY...

aur phir apne ta.dapane kaa, nazaaraa kar le.n,

AND THEREAFTER, MY OWN PAINFUL AGONY I'LL VIEW!

tum jo keh doh, toh sitam, yeh bhee gavaaraa kar le.n,

IF YOU SAY SO, THEN I’LL SUFFER THIS TORMENT TOO!

log kehte hai.n ke hamm, tum se kinaaraa kar le.n,

PEOPLE SAY THAT I SHOULD KEEP ALOOF FROM YOU,

tum jo keh doh, toh sitam, ye bhee gavaaraa kar le.n,

IF YOU SAY SO, THEN I'LL SUFFER THIS TORMENT TOO!

log kehte hai.n ...

PEOPLE SAY...

TRANSLATED BY NASIR ALI.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another is essential to one's own. 

- Robert Heinlein.