Thursday, October 15, 2026

Translation of Hai Apna Dil To Awara Dev Anand Golden Oldie

 

Hai Apna Dil To Awara – Binaca Geetmala Winner Translated

Meta Description:  Hai Apna Dil To Awara is a Golden Oldie sung by Hemant Kumar for Dev Anand starrer Solva Saal. The happy version was the top song for 1958 in Binaca Geetmala.


Setting the Background for Translating Hai Apna Dil To Awara

Laaj (Waheeda Rehman) has run away from home with her lover, Shyam, intending to marry him against her father's wishes. Prannath (Dev Anand), a journalist who is on the same train, discerns that there is something secretive about the couple. He teases them through his song, which extols the virtues of a footloose and fancy-free heart as opposed to one in a binding commitment. Though Laaj and Shyam leave the compartment in irritation as the song ends, this light-hearted number marks the start of Prannath’s romantic involvement with Laaj.

Trivia about Hai Apna Dil To Awara and Solva Saal


·       Solva Saal is a 1958 Hindi movie loosely based on the Hollywood film Roman Holiday with Dev Anand essaying the role of Gregory Peck and Waheeda Rehman that of Audrey Hepburn.


·       The mouth organ heard in the interlude between the verses is played by Rahul Dev Burman, who was assisting his father.

  •            The director Raj Khosla appears as himself in a cameo role, playing a film director. In this scene, Waheeda's character refuses to wear a low-necked costume required for a shot. There is a heated argument and Khosla eventually storms off the set. The shooting resumes only after the producers intervene. The scene has an interesting real-life background. There was a similar disagreement between the actual Raj Khosla and Waheeda Rehman in her contract for her debut film C.I.D. Waheeda had objected to a clause requiring her to wear revealing costumes and had the clause removed.
  •            It was common in earlier Hindi films to have happy and sad versions of the same song – happy during the falling in love phase and sad during the break-up. Hai Apna Dil To Awara has a sad version as well, which will appear soon at Bollywood Translations.

 
The Poetic English Translation of the Lyrics of Hai Apna Dil To Awara

 

My heart is a maverick

 

My heart is a maverick

I don’t know whom he will favour

My heart is a maverick

I don’t know whom he will favour

 

Many beauties did beckon

They embraced him one by one

But there was no decision

He wasn’t ready

Many beauties did beckon

They embraced him one by one

But there was no decision

He wasn’t ready

He’s guileless without a trick

I don’t know whom he will favour

My heart is a maverick

I don’t know whom he will favour

 

He’s crazy I confess

No home and no address

He just could not care less

And is fancy free

He’s crazy I confess

No home and no address

He just could not care less

And is fancy free

A falling star so erratic

I don’t know whom he will favour

My heart is a maverick

I don’t know whom he will favour

 

The whole world I have seen

Very helpful I’ve been

This heart of mine is mean

He loves nobody

The whole world I have seen

Very helpful I’ve been

This heart of mine is mean

He loves nobody

A nomad he’s on a trip

I don’t know whom he will favour

My heart is a maverick

I don’t know whom he will favour

 

When he found a mate

She didn’t reciprocate

He gambled away his fate

And proved unlucky

When he found a mate

She didn’t reciprocate

He gambled away his fate

And proved unlucky

A wastrel so pathetic

I don’t know whom he will favour

My heart is a maverick

I don’t know whom he will favour

 

The Original Hindi Lyrics of Hai Apna Dil To Awara from Solva Saal

 

Hai apna dil to awara


Hai apna dil to awara
Na jaane kispe aayega
Hai apna dil to awara
Na jaane kispe aayega

Haseenon ne bulaya
Gale se bhee lagaya
Bahot samazaaya,
Yahee na samaza
Haseenon ne bulaya
Gale se bhee lagaya
Bahot samazaaya,
Yahee na samaza
Bahot bhola hain bechara
Na jaane kis pe aayega
Hai apna dil to awara
Na jaane kispe aayega

Ajab hain deewaana
Na dar na thikana
Jameen se begana
Falak se juda
Ajab hain deewaana
Na dar na thikana
Jameen se begana
Falak se juda
Ye ek toota hua tara
Na jaane kis pe aayega
Hai apna dil to awara
Na jaane kispe aayega

Jamaana dekha sara
Hain sab ka sahaara
Ye dil hee humaara
Hua na kisee ka
Jamaana dekha sara
Hain sab ka sahaara
Ye dil hee humaara
Hua na kisee ka
Safar mein hain ye banjara
Na jaane kis pe aayega
Hai apna dil to awara
Na jaane kispe aayega

 

Hua jo kabhee raajee
To mila naheen kaajee
Jahan pe lagee baazee
Wahee pe hara
Hua jo kabhee raajee
To mila naheen kaajee
Jahan pe lagee baazee
Wahee pe hara
Zamaane bhar ka nakara
Na jaane kis pe aayega
Hai apna dil to awara
Na jaane kispe aayega....

 
Meanings of Difficult Urdu Words

 

Awara = Tramp, Maverick

Begana = Stranger, Separated

Falak = Sky (the more common meaning is board or tablet)

Banjara = Nomad

Kaajee (Qazi) = A Muslim law officer that performs marriages

Baazee = Wager

Nakara = Useless

 
The Literal English Translation of the Lyrics of Hai Apna Dil To Awara

 

My heart is a maverick

I don’t know on whom he will descend

 

Beauties called him

Even embraced him

Tried to convince him

But he did not understand

This helpless guy is a simpleton

I don’t know on whom he will descend

 

He is a strange crazy person

Without home and without address

Not joined to the earth

Separated from the sky

He is like a falling star

I don’t know on whom he will descend

 

I have seen the whole world

Have received help from everyone

But this heart of mine

Could not belong to anyone

He is a nomad in a journey

I don’t know on whom he will descend

 

When he was ready (to get married)

A qazi could not be found

Wherever he could gamble

There he lost

He is the biggest good for nothing

I don’t know on whom he will descend

 
Hai Apana Dil To Awara Fact Sheet

·       Movie: Solva Saal
·       Singer: Hemant Kumar
·       Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
·       Composer: Sachin Dev Burman
·       On Screen: Dev Anand & Waheeda Rehman
·       Director: Raj Khosla
·       Year: 1958
 
Enjoy the video of Hai Apna Dil To Awara.  I have other Hemant Kumar hit songs at Bollywood Translations with more in the pipeline.
 
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·       Ye Nayan Dare Dare
·       Jaane Who Kaise Log The Jinke
·       Ganga Aaye Kahan Se
·       Tum Pukar Lo
 
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