Aaj Sajan Mohe Lyrics from Pyaasa Translated and Explained

 

Aaj Sajan Mohe ang Lagaa Lo – Translation and Explanation  

Meta Description:  Aaj Sajan Mohe Ang Laga Lo is a Bollywood classic song from Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa.  Understand the meaning and enjoy the transcreation set to the original music.

Setting the Background for Aaj Sajan Mohe Ang Laga Lo

 

On screen, the song projects a group of ascetics, with the woman at the centre singing passionately. Radha implores Krishna to take her into his embrace and relieve her of the spiritual agony she suffers from their separation. As Gulabo listens to this plaintive expression of longing, she experiences a similar torment, but on an earthly plane. Gulabo is in love with Vijay, yet unable to voice her feelings, paralyzed by the fear of rejection due to her status as a prostitute. The lyrics resonate on both the divine and earthly levels, creating a parallel between the female ascetic and Gulabo.

 

In another cult classic, Khamoshi, a song with a strikingly similar theme is featured. Hum Ne Dekhi Hai plays on the radio of a taxi, where the lovelorn protagonist, a woman traveling alone, is caught in the melancholy of unrequited love. The lyrics, once again, mirror her heartache, much like in Aaj Sajan Mohe Ang Laga Lo from Pyaasa. Both roles were performed by the legendary Waheeda Rehman, whose portrayal of longing and silent suffering remains iconic in both films.

 

 

The English Translation of the Lyrics of Aaj Sajan Mohe Ang Laga Lo

 

Dear friend, enduring pangs of separation when Radha was in a swoon

Then one day she went to her heart throb and asked for this boon

 

My love now take me in your embrace my life’s desires be fulfilled

My love now take me in your embrace my life’s desires be fulfilled

The ache of my heart, burning body, everything be stilled

My love now take me in your embrace my life’s desires be fulfilled

 

Please listen to the cries of my forsaken eyes

Please listen to the cries of my forsaken eyes

There can be no paradise without you

All my happiness flies

All my happiness flies and misfortune arrives

Only loneliness survives without you

 

Nectar of love, O my sweet beloved, sweet beloved

Nectar of love shower without end till the whole world gets filled

My love now take me in your embrace my life’s desires be fulfilled

 

Make me your very own

Make me your very own, I am all alone

To you life after life I succumb

Make me your very own, I am all alone

To you life after life I succumb

Please quench my desire, demon destroyer^*

Quench my desire, demon destroyer

Quench my desire, demon destroyer

Every pore of my being is numb

 

Nectar of love, O my sweet beloved, sweet beloved

Nectar of love shower without end till the whole world gets filled

My love now take me in your embrace my life’s desires be fulfilled

The ache of my heart, burning body, everything be stilled

My love now take me in your embrace my life’s desires be fulfilled

 

 

* Krishna is referred to as a destroyer of Demons in Hindu scriptures

The Original Hindi Lyrics of Aaj Sajan Mohe Ang Laga Lo from Pyaasa

 

Sakhi ri, biraha ke dukhade sah sahakar jab Raadhe besudh ho li

To ekadin apane Manamohan se ja kar yun boli

 

Aaj sajan mohe ang laga lo janam safal ho jaae

Aaj sajan mohe ang laga lo janam safal ho jaae

Hriday ki pida, deh ki agani, sab sheetal ho jaae

Aaj sajan mohe ang laga lo janam safal ho jaae

 

Kai jugon se hain jaage, more nain abhaage

Kai jugon se hain jaage, more nain abhaage

Kahin jiya nahin laage bin tore

Sukh dikhe nahin aage,

Sukh dikhe nahin aage duhkh pichhe-pichhe bhaage

Jag suna suna laage bin tore

 

Prem sudha, more saanwariya, saanwariya

Prem sudha, itani barasa do, jag jal-thal ho jaae

Aaj sajan mohe ang laga lo janam safal ho jaae

 

Mohe apana bana lo

Mohe apana bana lo, mori baanh pakad, main hun janam-janam ki daasi

Mohe apana bana lo, mori baanh pakad, main hun janam-janam ki daasi

Mori pyaas bujha do, manahar giridhar

Pyaas bujha do, manahar giridhar,

Pyaas bujha do, manahar giridhar,

Main hun antarghat tak pyaasi

 

Prem sudha, more saanwariya, saanwariya

Prem sudha, itani barasa do, jag jal-thal ho jaae

Aaj sajan mohe ang laga lo janam safal ho jaae

Hriday ki pida, deh ki agani, sab sheetal ho jaae

Aaj sajan mohe ang laga lo janam safal ho jaae

 

Meanings of difficult Hindi words

 

biraha ke dukhade = pangs of separation

besudh ho li = in a swoon

Manamohan = A name for Krishna, literally a charmer of minds  

prem sudha = nectar of love

saanwariya = lover

jag jal-thal ho jaae = the earth gets inundated

Manahar = A name for Krishna, literally a stealer of minds  

Giridhar = A name for Krishna based on his lifting the Govardhan hill

Antarghat = the innermost core of one’s being

 

The Literal English Translation of the Lyrics of Aaj Sajan Mohe Ang Laga Lo

 

Sakhi ri, biraha ke dukhade sah sahakar jab Raadhe besudh ho li

When Radha swooned after enduring the pangs of separation

 

To ekadin apane Manamohan se ja kar yun boli

Then one day she approached her Krishna and spoke thus

 

Aaj sajan mohe ang laga lo janam safal ho jaae

Today my love, embrace me so that my life’s mission be accomplished

 

Hriday ki pida, deh ki agani, sab sheetal ho jaae

The ache in my heart and the fire in my body both get pacified

 

Kai jugon se hain jaage, more nain abhaage

My unfortunate eyes have been awake since ages

 

Kahin jiya nahin laage bin tore

I do not find pleasure anywhere without you

 

Sukh dikhe nahin aage duhkh pichhe-pichhe bhaage

I cannot see happiness ahead and sadness chases me

 

Jag suna suna laage bin tore

The world is desolate without you

 

Prem sudha, itani barasa do, jag jal-thal ho jaae

Shower so much nectar of love that the earth gets inundated

 

Mohe apana bana lo, mori baanh pakad, main hun janam-janam ki daasi

Make me your own, hold my arms I am your slave life after life

 

Mori pyaas bujha do, manahar giridhar

Quench my thirst, Manhar, Giridhar

 

Main hun antarghat tak pyaasi

I am thirsty till the core of my being

 

Aaj Sajan Mohe Ang Laga Lo Fact Sheet

·       Movie: Pyaasa
·       Singer: Geeta Dutt
·       Lyricist: Sahir Ludhianvi
·       Composer: Sachin Dev Burman
·       On Screen: Waheeda Rehman & Guru Dutt
·       Director & Producer: Guru Dutt
 
Enjoy the video of Aaj Sajan Mohe Ang Laga Lo. Check out the translation of Jaane Kya Tune Kahi, another cult song from Pyaasa.
 
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Jaane Kya Tune Kahi from Pyaasa Translated and Explained

 

Jaane Kya Tune Kahi – Translation of Hit Song by Geeta Dutt

Meta Description:  Jaane Kya Tune Kahi is a Bollywood hit song from Guru Dutt movie Pyaasa. Enjoy the Geeta Dutt, S. D. Burman and Sahir Ludhianvi creation explained in English.

Setting the Background for Jaane Kya Tune Kahi

A destitute poet overhears a lady reciting a couplet and approaches her, curious about how she came upon his unpublished verse. The woman, a prostitute, perceives him as a potential customer and begins her solicitation in the form of a song, Jaane Kya Tune Kahi.
While the scene strays from reality, Sahir Ludhianvi’s lyrics possess a subtlety that makes the invitation to the encounter barely discernible. Pyaasa, released in 1957, needed to adhere to the sensibilities of its time. My English translation is slightly more direct, though still nuanced. I’ve included the verse in question before the song.

The Poetic English Translation of the Lyrics of Jaane Kya Tune Kahi

 

You have no right to complain about my bold glances

When you keep staring at me lovingly

 

Doesn’t matter what you said

Doesn’t matter what I heard

Because we have a deal

 

Doesn’t matter what you said

Doesn’t matter what I heard

Because we have a deal

Doesn’t matter what you said

 

Shiver of enticement

Flutter excitement

Shiver of enticement

Flutter excitement

Rising desires you feel

Because we have a deal

 

Doesn’t matter what you said

Doesn’t matter what I heard

Because we have a deal

Doesn’t matter what you said

 

What’s with the lowered gaze

Why walk with halting pace

What’s with the lowered gaze

Why walk with halting pace

Come on with renewed zeal

Because we have a deal

 

Doesn’t matter what you said

Doesn’t matter what I heard

Because we have a deal

Doesn’t matter what you said

 

Tresses on shoulders bare

My fragrance in the air

Tresses on shoulders bare

My fragrance in the air

Secrets I will reveal

Because we have a deal

 

Doesn’t matter what you said

Doesn’t matter what I heard

Because we have a deal

 

Doesn’t matter what you said

Doesn’t matter what I heard

Because we have a deal

Doesn’t matter what you said

  

The Original Hindi Lyrics of Jaane Kya Tune Kahi from Pyaasa

 

Phir na keeje meri gustaakh nigahi ka gilaah
Dekhiye aap ne phir pyar se dekha mujhko 

 

Jaane kya tune kahi

Jaane kya maine suni

Baat kuchh ban hi gai

 

Jaane kya tune kahi

Jaane kya maine suni

Baat kuchh ban hi gai

Jaane kya tune kahi

 

Sanasanaahat si hui

Tharatharaahat si hui

Sanasanaahat si hui

Tharatharaahat si hui

Jaag uthhe khwaab kai

Baat kuchh ban hi gai

 

Jaane kya tune kahi

Jaane kya maine suni

Baat kuchh ban hi gai

Jaane kya tune kahi

 

Nain jhuk jhuk ke uthhe

Paanw ruk ruk ke uthhe

Nain jhuk jhuk ke uthhe

Paanw ruk ruk ke uthhe

Aa gayi chaal nai

Baat kuchh ban hi gai

 

Jaane kya tune kahi

Jaane kya maine suni

Baat kuchh ban hi gai

Jaane kya tune kahi

 

Zulf shaane pe mudi

Ek khushabu si udi

Zulf shaane pe mudi

Ek khushabu si udi

Khul gaye raaz kai

Baat kuchh ban hi gai

 

Jaane kya tune kahi

Jaane kya maine suni

Baat kuchh ban hi gai

 

Jaane kya tune kahi

Jaane kya maine suni

Baat kuchh ban hi gai

Jaane kya tune kahi

 

 

Meanings of Urdu words

 

Gustaakh = Insolent, Bold

Gilaah = Complaint

Shaana = Shoulder

 

Jaane Kya Tune Kahi Fact Sheet

·       Movie: Pyaasa
·       Singer: Geeta Dutt
·       Lyricist: Sahir Ludhianvi
·       Composer: Sachin Dev Burman
·       On Screen: Waheeda Rehman & Guru Dutt
·       Director & Producer: Guru Dutt
 
Enjoy the video of Jaane Kya Tune Kahi.  I have other Waheeda Rehman hit songs at Bollywood Translations with more in the pipeline.
·       Humne Dekhi Hai – Khamoshi
·       Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai – Guide
·       Waqt Ne Kiya – Kaagaz Ke Phool
 
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Har Funn Maula: Translation of an Item Song with Aamir Khan

 

Har Funn Maula – Translation of Koi Jaane Na Hit Item Song

Meta Description:  Har Funn Maula is a Bollywood item song featuring Aamir Khan and Elli AvrRam. Enjoy the poetic transcreation in English set to the original soundtrack.

Setting the Background of Har Fun Maula

The movie Koi Jaane Na sank without a trace, but it left behind a true gem: the song Har Funn Maula. This track stands out among Bollywood item numbers for two key reasons:

1. It features Aamir Khan. Despite his well-known lack of dance skills, his star power adds significant appeal to the performance.
2. Zara Khan delivers the song in her sensuous and husky voice, creating a compelling effect with a sort of slow-motion delivery.

 

The lyrics are rich with imagery and nuance that are difficult to translate into English while preserving the original rhyme and meter. I’ve taken creative liberties with the translation to capture the song’s vibrant essence.

 

I’ll provide a full explanation later, but let’s start with the translation of the phrase har funn maula. While the literal translation is "all-rounder" or "expert in every field," these options would miss the song's energetic tone and lyrical charm. I believe "ace high-flyer" conveys a better sense of excitement, but I welcome suggestions from readers.

The English Transcreation of the Lyrics of Har Funn Maula

 

Zara Khan

 

In this violence prone city

Tonight a man will come

He will reveal all secrets

Or himself become one

 

In the dark night’s embrace let

The secrets hidden be

Tomorrow you can spill the beans

For now keep the mystery

 

There is a daredevil in here

Who with death walks pace to pace

There is a daredevil in here

Who with death walks pace to pace

After being destroyed in love

He lives with fire in his embrace

 

Vishal Dadlani

 

All the beautiful girls

To make mine I desire

But you will always find

Me in lowly attire

 

The perfume bottle opens

Fragrance is in the air

It soon spreads everywhere

Heart of a monk ace high flyer

 

Zara Khan

 

Many came here to try to heal

Poor souls stricken by love’s malaise

From night to day break they all struggled

Each one in turn vanished without a trace

 

Many came here to try to heal

Poor souls stricken by love’s malaise

From night to day break they all struggled

Each one in turn vanished without a trace

 

Vishal Dadlani

 

In the darkness of night

I can show you paradise

And the happiness will

Remain beyond sunrise

 

A night spent in my arms

That happens to transpire

Gives a life time’s pleasure

Heart of a monk ace high flyer

 

The Original Hindi Lyrics of Har Funn Maula from Koi Jaane Na

 

Zara Khan

 

Haadson Ke Is Shehar Mein
Aaj Koyi Aayega
Khol Dega Raaz Ya Phir
Raaz Khud Ban Jayega

 

Raat Ki Aagosh Mein Ye
Raaz Rehne Dijiye
Kijiyega Kal Khulasa
Aaj Rehne Dijiye

 

Hai Koyi Parwana Yahan
Jo Jaan Pe Apni Khelega

Hai Koyi Parwana Yahan
Jo Jaan Pe Apni Khelega
Aashiqui Mein Hoke Fanna
Baahon Mein Shama Ko Le Lega

 

Vishal Dadlani

 

Itni Haseeno Pe
Kitni Dafa Ye Dola
Phir Bhi Fakeero Ka
Pehne Hue Hai Chola

 

Itar Ki Sheeshi Hai
Jahan Bhi Khul Jaaye
Hawa Mein Ghool Jaaye
Dil Jogi Da Har Funn Maula

 

Zara Khan

 

Aaye Toh Kayi Karne Idhar
Dil-E-Bekarar Ki Dawa
Shab Se Sehar Hote Hi Magar
Baari Baari Saare Ho Gaye Hawa

 

Aaye Toh Kayi Karne Idhar
Dil-E-Bekarar Ki Dawa
Shab Se Sehar Hote Hi Magar
Baari Baari Saare Ho Gaye Hawa

 

Vishal Dadlani

 

Shab Ke Andhere Mein
Jannat Dikhane Wala
Main Toh Sawere Bhi
Dil Na Dukhane Wala

 

Ye Meri Baahon Mein
Raat Jo Guzre Wo
Umar Bhar Jaisi Hai
Dil Jogi Da Har Funn Maula

 

Meanings of Difficult Urdu Words

 

Haadsa = Tragedy

Aagosh = Embrace

Khulasa = Expose

Fanna = Destroyed

Fakeer = Poor holy person

Chola = Cloak

Itar = Perfume

Dil-E-Bekarar = Uneasy heart

Shab = Night

Sehar = Dawn

Jannat = Heaven

Explaining the Meaning of the Lyrics of Har Funn Maula

Koi Jaane Na has been described as a psychological thriller, and the song Har Funn Maula perfectly captures that mood. Set in a nightclub, the dance begins with a prelude steeped in crime and mystery, featuring a gun-toting ensemble that leads us to the dance floor.

The dancer announces that a mysterious figure is expected tonight, someone who will restore order to this crime-ridden city. But let’s keep his identity a secret for now. She likens him to a moth irresistibly drawn to a flame, oblivious to the danger—a metaphor that loses its romantic and adventurous essence in translation. 

The mystery man turns out to be Aamir Khan, who has been sitting at the bar, casually smoking his pipe. As he steps onto the dance floor, he describes himself as a ladies’ man, comparing his allure to the captivating scent of perfume that spreads and enchants everyone around him. This is evident as the girls flock to him, drawn in by his charm. Despite his charisma, he dresses simply and even somewhat coarsely, which contrasts sharply with the elegant gangsters introduced at the beginning of the song.

 The dancer then laments that no man has ever been good enough to quench women’s thirst for love, to which the mystery man confidently replies that he is exactly the lover they’ve been searching for.

Har Funn Maula Fact Sheet

·       Movie: Koi Jaane Na
·       Singers: Zara Khan & Vishal Dadlani
·       Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya
·       Composer: Tanishk Bagchi
·       On Screen: Aamir Khan & Elli AvrRam
 
 
Enjoy the video of Har Funn Maula. 

 

Item Songs at Bollywood Translations

Bollywood item songs often feature inane or provocative lyrics, with the main attraction lying elsewhere. However, some songs compel listeners to dive deeper in search of hidden pearls. These tracks can express profound human emotions—be it sadness or joy—and connect to the film’s themes in intriguing ways. I actively seek out such empathetic item numbers, translating and explaining them at Bollywood Translations.
 
One standout is Taras, which is currently trending. It explores the fury of a woman scorned while also encouraging her to let go of the past and move forward. Here are some more Bollywood item songs that may pique your interest.
 
·       Taras
·       Ram Chale Leela
·       Aaj Ki Raat
·       Namak
·       Beedi Jalay Le
 
 
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