Gulzar’s Filmfare Award Winning Song from Masoom Translated

 

Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi – Translation of Masoom Hit Song

Meta Description:  Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi a Bollywood sad song from Masoom that was sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Anup Ghoshal. The Filmfare Award winning lyrics are by Gulzar.

Setting the Background for Translating Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi

 DK is a happily married man with two daughters. His tranquil life is suddenly disturbed when he learns that he has a son, Rahul, from a casual forgotten fling some years back. Rahul’s mother has now passed away, leaving DK as the boy’s sole guardian. The joy of bonding with a son is eclipsed by the dread of confessing the truth to Indu, his wife. Indu faces an equally perplexing situation when she learns the truth. Indignation at her husband’s affair is tempered by a maternal instinct for the innocent son, an emotion that her ego does not permit her to wear on her sleeve. 

 

The full version of the song, in Anup Ghoshal’s voice, plays in the background during DK’s dilemma and a shorter version, in Lata Mangeshkar’s voice, gives background expression to Indu’s internal struggle. Gulzar’s poignant lyrics point out joy and sorrow are two sides of a coin and to embrace one you must accept the other. Such is the paradox of life.

The Poetic English Translation of the Lyrics of Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi

 

I am not resentful of you, life

I am perplexed

O I am perplexed

 

By your so innocent questions

I am distressed

O I am distressed

 

I am not resentful of you, life

I am perplexed

O I am perplexed

 

By your so innocent questions

I am distressed

O I am distressed

 

I had never thought

In order to live

One must cultivate pain

 

I had never thought

In order to live

One must cultivate pain

 

Every time we smile

Even for that joy

A debt we must sustain

 

O When I smile sometimes then I feel

As if my lips a debt conceal

 

I am not resentful of you, life

I am perplexed

O I am perplexed

 

Life your tragedies

Have explained how

New relationships are made

 

Life your tragedies

Have explained how

New relationships are made

 

What we have earned has

Been in sunlight

A cool refreshing shade

 

I am not resentful of you, life

I am perplexed

O I am perplexed

 

If today my eyes

Are filled with sorrow

Then the tear drops will flow

 

If today my eyes

Are filled with sorrow

Then the tear drops will flow

 

Tomorrow who knows

For these tear drops

I’ll have nowhere to go

 

I don’t know when next I’ll have to weep

For that one tear I will hidden keep

 

I am not resentful of you, life

I am perplexed

O I am perplexed

 

By your so innocent questions

I am distressed

O I am distressed

I am distressed

O I am distressed

 

By your so innocent questions

I am distressed

O I am distressed

I am distressed

O I am distressed

 
 The Original Hindi Lyrics of Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi from Masoom

 

Tujhse naaraz nahiin zindagi
Hairaan hoon main
O hairaan huun main
Tere masum sawaalon se
Pareshaan hoon main
O pareshaan hoon main
Tujhse naaraz nahiin zindagi
Hairaan hoon main
O hairaan huun main
Tere masum sawaalon se
pareshaan hoon main
O pareshaan hoon main

Jeene ke liye sochaa hi nahi
Dard sambhaalane honge
Jeene ke liye sochaa hi nahi
Dard sambhalane honge
Muskuraaye to muskuraane ke
Karz utarne honge
Ho muskurauun kabhii to lagataa hai
Jaise honthon pe karz rakha hai
Tujhse naaraaz nahiin zindagi
Hairaan hoon main
O hairaan huun main

Zindagi tere gam ne hamein
Rishte naye samajhaye
Zindagi tere gam ne hamein
Rishte naye samajhaaye
Mile jo hamein dhoop mein mile
Chaanv ke thande saaye
Ho tujhse naaraaz nahin zindagi
Hairaan hoon main
O hairaan huun main

Aaj agar bhar aai hain
Boondein baras jaayengi
Aaj agar bhar aai hain
Boondein baras jaayengi
Kal kyaa pataa inke liye
Aankhein taras jaayengi
Ho jaane kab gum hoya kaha khoyaa
Ek ansuun chhupaake rakhaa thaa
Ho tujhse naaraaz nahin zindagi
Hairaan hoon main
O hairaan huun main
Tere masum sawaalon se
Pareshaan hoon main
O pareshaan hoon main
O pareshaan hoon main
O pareshaan hoon main.

Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi Fact Sheet

·       Movie: Masoom
·       Singer: Anup Ghoshal
·       Lyricist: Gulzar
·       Composer: Rahul Dev Burman
·       On Screen: Naseeruddin Shah & Jugal Hansraj
·       Director: Shekhar Kapur
 
Enjoy the video of Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi in the voice of Anup Ghoshal and of Lata Mangeshkar. 

 

Masoom in 31^st Filmfare Awards (1984)

 

Masoom won five awards and three nominations at the 31^st Filmfare Awards, including that of Best Lyricist by Gulzar for Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi. The full list is given below.
 
·       Best Film – Nomination
·       Best Film (Critic) – Award
·       Best Director – Nomination
·       Best Actor – Award
·       Best Actress – Nomination
·       Best Music Director – Award
·       Best Lyricist – Award
·       Best Female Playback Singer – Award
 
 
I have other Gulzar songs at Bollywood Translations that have won Filmfare Awards.
 
·       Aane Wala Pal (1980)
·       Mera Kuchh Samaan (1989)
·       Hazaar Rahein (1981)
 
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