Movie: CHAR MINAR (1956)
Music: Shardul Khwatra
Lyrics: Vishwamitra Adil
Philosophical/Didactic Song of Rafi: Maango naa paisa...
Roman Transliteration/English Translation of the original Urdu-Hindi Lyrics:
maango naa paisa...
DON’T DEMAND MONEY,
maango naa paisa...
DON’T DEMAND MONEY,
maango naa paisa...
DON’T DEMAND MONEY,
maango naa paisa, hoy,
DON’T DEMAND MONEY HEY!
maango naa paisa sagge baap se,
DON’T DEMAND MONEY, EVEN IF IT BE FROM REAL DAD!
yeh kehtaa hoo.n mai.n aap se,
THIS IS WHAT I TELL YOU,
bach ke rehnaa is paap se,
REMAIN SAFE FROM THIS SIN!
maango naa paisa,
DON’T DEMAND MONEY,
maango naa paisa,
DON’T DEMAND MONEY,
maango naa paisa sagge baap se...
DON’T DEMAND MONEY, EVEN IF IT BE FROM REAL DAD!
jholee phailaanaa buraa,
‘TIS BAD TO BEG,
maang ke khaanaa buraa,
‘TIS BAD TO EAT BY BEGGING,
arre jholee phailaanaa buraa,
HEY ‘TIS BAD TO BEG,
maang ke khaanaa buraa,
'TIS BAD TO EAT BY BEGGING,
dooje ke maal pe bhee kai.nchee chalaana buraa,
'TIS BAD TO PICK SOMEONE’S POCKET,
dooje ke maal pe bhee kai.nchee chalaana buraa,
‘TIS BAD TO PICK SOMEONE’S POCKET,
aayegaa paisa chup-chaap se,
MONEY WILL COME SILENTLY,
yeh kehtaa hoo.n mai.n aap se,
THIS IS WHAT I TELL YOU,
maango naa paisa sagge baap se,
DON’T DEMAND MONEY, EVEN IF IT BE FROM REAL DAD!
hairree piplee pipilla heeraa hapaa,
heeree giglee galayyaa gol gappaa,
happa... gol gappa...
chaahe iThlaa ke chalo,
WHETHER YOU WALK POMPOUSLY,
chaahe lang.De ke chalo,
WHETHER YOU WALK WITH A LIMP,
duniya ko golee maaro,
SHOOT A BULLET AT THE WORLD,
Thengaa dikhlaa ke chalo,
SHOW DEFIANCE AND WALK,
duniya ko golee maaro,
SHOOT A BULLET AT THE WORLD,
Thengaa dikhlaa ke chalo,
SHOW DEFIANCE AND WALK,
chaltaa hai kaam Thoo-Thoo-Thaap se,
MIGHT MAKES THE JOB RIGHT!
yeh kehtaa hoo.n mai.n aap se,
THIS IS WHAT I TELL YOU,
maango naa paisa sagge baap se...
DON’T DEMAND MONEY, EVEN IF IT BE FROM REAL DAD!
paise ke peer dekho,
BEHOLD THE PRESBYTER OF MAMMON!
dil ke faqeer dekho,
BEHOLD THE PAUPERS OF THE HEART!
resham kee Dhaal peechhe chaandee ke teer dekho,
BEHIND THE SILKY SHIELD, BEHOLD THE SILVERN ARROWS!
resham kee Dhaal peechhe chaandee ke teer dekho,
BEHIND THE SILKY SHIELD, BEHOLD THE SILVERN ARROWS!
maaregaa maulaa...
THE LORD WILL KILL...
maaregaa maulaa...
THE LORD WILL KILL...
maaregaa maulaa inhe.n paap se,
THE LORD WILL KILL THEM WITH SINS!
yeh kehtaa hoo.n mai.n aap se,
THIS IS WHAT I TELL YOU,
maango naa paisa sagge baap se,
DON’T DEMAND MONEY, EVEN IF IT BE FROM REAL DAD!
hairree piplee pipilla heeraa hapaa,
heeree giglee galayyaa gol gappaa...
baajaa bajaate jaao,
GO ON PLAYING THE MUSIC,
tablaa kha.D-kaate jaao,
GO ON BEATING THE DRUM,
do din kee zindagee hai gaanaa bhee gaate jaao,
LIFE’S FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, GO ON SINGING ALSO,
gore paT mor, sar pho.De mor, gore munde yo, gore paT mor...
do din kee zindagee hai gaanaa bhee gaate jaao,
LIFE’S FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, GO ON SINGING ALSO,
naachegee duniya...
THE WORLD WILL DANCE...
o naachegee duniya...
O! THE WORLD WILL DANCE,
naachegee duniya teree thaap se,
THE WORLD WILL DANCE TO YOUR BEAT,
yeh kehtaa hoo.n mai.n aap se,
THIS IS WHAT I TELL YOU,
maango naa paisa sagge baap se...
DON’T DEMAND MONEY, EVEN IF IT BE FROM REAL DAD!
maango naa paisa sagge baap se,
DON’T DEMAND MONEY, EVEN IF IT BE FROM REAL DAD!
yeh kehtaa hoo.n mai.n aap se,
THIS IS WHAT i TEL YOU,
bach ke rehnaa is paap se,
BE SAFE FROM THIS SIN!
maango naa paisa,
DON’T DEMAND MONEY,
maango naa paisa,
DON’T DEMAND MONEY,
maango naa paisa sagge baap se.
DON’T DEMAND MONEY, EVEN IF IT BE FROM REAL DAD!
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
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