Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
Music: Naushad
Philosophical/Didactic Song of Rafi: Duniya sharaabee, duniya sharaabee..
Roman Transliteration/English Translation of the original Urdu-Hindi Lyrics:
duniya sharaabee,
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED,
duniya sharaabee,
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED,
duniya sharaabee,
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED,
duniya sharaabee,
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED,
kaun nahee.n peetaa
WHO DOESN’T DRINK!
sab peete hai.n,
EVERYONE DRINKS!
kaun nahee.n jeetaa,
WHO DOESN’T LIVE!
(hnh....sab jeete hai.n)
(grins) EVERYONE LIVES!
maine bhee pee,
EVEN I HAVE HAD A DRINK,
thodee see pee,
A LITTLE DRINK!
maine bhee pee toh, kyaa hai kharaabee
IF I’VE TAKEN A DRINK, WHAT’S WRONG!
Duniya, sharaabee,
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED,
duniya sharaabee,
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED...
daulat ka, deewaanaa, jag me.n koee,
SOMEONE IN THE WORLD IS CRAZY FOR WEALTH,
ulfat kaa, mastaanaa jag me.n koee,
SOMEONE IN THE WORLD IS DRUNK WITH LOVE,
sab ko nashaa hai
EVERYONE’S INTOXICATED!
kaun bachaa hai,
WHO ELSE REMAINS?
mujhko bhee gham ne, aaj pilaa dee,
THE SORROW HAS EVEN MADE ME DRINK TODAY!
kaun nahee.n peetaa
WHO DOESN’T DRINK!
kaun nahee.n jeetaa,
WHO DOESN’T LIVE!
maine bhee pee toh, kyaa hai kharaabee
IF I’VE TAKEN A DRINK, WHAT’S WRONG!
duniya sharaabee,
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED,
duniya sharaabee...
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED...
kyaa thaah abhee,
WHAT WAS IT NOW?
kyaa hai abhee,
WHAT IS IT NOW,
mai.n gayaa badal,
I’VE CHANGED,
peeke jidhar, Daalee nazar
AFTER DRINKING, WHEREVER I CAST THE GLANCE,
deep gaye jal,
THE LAMPS GOT LIGHTED,
jaise kisee ne thaam ke baahe.n,
AS IF SOMEONE, HOLDING MY ARMS,
jeene kee mujh ko, raah dikhaa dee,
SHOWED ME THE WAY TO LIVE,
kaun nahee.n peetaa,
WHO DOESN’T DRINK?
kaun nahee.n jeetaa,
WHO DOESN’T LIVE?
maine bhee pee toh, kyaa hai kharaabee,
IF I’VE TAKEN A DRINK, WHAT’S WRONG!
duniya sharaabee,
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED,
duniya sharaabee...
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED...
aag sahee, zahar sahee,
‘TIS FIRE ALRIGHT; TIS POISON ALRIGHT,
maane nahee.n dil,
THE HEART DOESN’T AGREE,
mujh ko mere, dukh kee dawaa aaj gayee mil,
TODAY, I’VE FOUND THE REMEDY FOR MY SORROW,
zahar se maine zahar ko maaraa,
I KILLED POISON BY MEANS OF A POISON,
aag se dil kee, aag bujhaa dee,
WITH THE FIRE, I DOUSED THE HEART’S FIRE,
kaun nahee.n peetaa
WHO DOESN’T DRINK!
kaun nahee.n jeetaa,
WHO DOESN’T LIVE!
maine bhee pee toh, kyaa hai kharaabee,
IF I’VE TAKEN A DRINK, WHAT’S WRONG!
duniya sharaabee
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED,
duniya sharaabee...
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED...
kaun nahee.n peetaa,
WHO DOESN’T DRINK!
kaun nahee.n jeetaa,
WHO DOESN’T LIVE!
maine bhee pee,
EVEN I HAVE HAD A DRINK,
thodee see pee,
A LITTLE DRINK!
maine bhee pee toh, kyaa hai kharaabee,
IF I’VE TAKEN A DRINK, WHAT’S WRONG!
duniya sharaabee,
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED,
duniya sharaabee,
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED,
duniya sharaabee,
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED,
duniya sharaabee,
THE WORLD’S PIE-EYED...
NASIR
First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you." — F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940).
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