Dil Cheez Kya Hai Song from Umrao Jaan Translated in English

 

Dil Cheez Kya Hai – English Translation of Umrao Jaan Ghazal

Meta Description:  Dil Cheez Kya Hai is a ghazal performed as a mujra in Umrao Jaan. The film has Rekha playing the eponymous courtesan.  Check out my English translation.

The Poetic English Translation of the Lyrics of Dil Cheez Kya Hai 

My heart is a trifle take my life away   

My heart is a trifle take my life away    

Just for once listen to

Just for once listen to what I have to say

Just for once listen to what I have to say

My heart is a trifle take my life away   

 

You will be in this audience

You will be in this

You will be in this audience

You will be in this audience again and again

Again and again

Please make sure you remember

Please make sure you remember the walls and doorway

Please make sure you remember the walls and doorway

My heart is a trifle take my life away   

 

Agreed that friends do not always

Agreed that friends do not

Agreed that friends do not always honour friendship

Take help from others and you’ll be

Take help from others and you’ll be under their sway

Take help from others and you’ll be under their sway

My heart is a trifle take my life away   

 

I will pull

I will pull down the heavens

I will pull down the heavens to earth if you say so

Once you resolve there is

Once you resolve there is nothing you cannot attain

Once you resolve there is nothing you cannot attain

My heart is a trifle take my life away   

Just for once, just for once

Just for once listen to what I have to say

I have to say, I have to say

The Original Hindi Lyrics of Dil Kya Cheez Hai from Umrao Jaan

Dil cheez kya hai aap meri jaan lijiye

Dil cheez kya hai aap meri jaan lijiye

Bas ek baar mera kaha

Bas ek baar mera kaha maan lijiye

Bas ek baar mera kaha maan lijiye

Dil cheez kya hai aap meri jaan lijiye

 

Is anjuman mein aap ko

Is anjuman mein,

Is anjuman mein aap ko

Is anjuman mein aap ko aana hai baar baar

Aana hai baar baar

Deevaar-o-dar ko gaur se

Deevaar-o-dar ko gaur se pehchaan lijiye

Deevaar-o-dar ko gaur se pehchaan lijiye

Dil cheez kya hai aap meri jaan lijiye

 

Maana ke doston ko nahin

Doston, doston ko nahin

Maana ke doston ko nahin dosti ka paas

Lekin yeh kya ke gair ka

Lekin yeh kya ke gair ka ehsaan lijiye

Lekin yeh kya ke gair ka ehsaan lijiye

Dil cheez kya hai aap meri jaan lijiye

 

Kahiye to

Kahiye to aasmaan ko

Kahiye to aasmaan ko zameen par utaar laaye

Mushkil nahin hai kuch bhi

Mushkil nahin hai kuch bhi agar thaan lijiye

Mushkil nahin hai kuch bhi agar thaan lijiye

Dil cheez kya hai aap meri jaan lijiye

Bas ek baar, bas ek baar

Bas ek baar mera kaha maan lijiye

Maan lijiye, maan lijiye

 

Meanings of difficult Urdu words

 

Anjuman = gathering

Paas = respect

Dil Cheez Kya Hai Fact Sheet 

·       Movie: Umrao Jaan (1981)
·       Singer: Asha Bhosle
·       Lyricist: Shahryar
·       Composer: Khayyam
·       On Screen: Rekha
·       Director & Producer: Muzaffar Ali
 
Enjoy the video of Dil Cheez Kya Hai.  The other ghazal from Umrao Jaan, In Ankhon Ki Masti, has also been translated at Bollywood Translations.
 
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