Khwab Ho Tum Translation of Hit Piano Song from Teen Devian

 

Khwab Ho Tum – Poetic Translation of Bollywood Piano Song

Meta Description:  Khwab Ho Tum is a piano song from the movie Teen Devian. It features Dev Anand on screen with playback singing of Kishore Kumar. Enjoy the poetic translation.

Setting the Background to Khwab Ho Tum Yaa Koi Haqeeqat

The piano has long been the most loyal companion of the leading actors in Hindi films, providing the perfect backdrop for moments of both sorrow and celebration. It is rare to find a star who hasn’t poured their emotions into the keys or been serenaded by them. This journey begins in 1938 with the film Bhabhi, where Jairaj first strikes the notes, and spans to Ayushmann Khurrana in Andhadhun and beyond. This blog is not about listing such songs, but rather about relishing their translations. Take Khwab Ho Tum, for example, where Dev Anand shines in his flamboyant best, becoming the life of the party.

The Poetic English Translation of the Lyrics of Khwab Ho Tum

 

You’re a dream or someone real

Please tell me who you are

Come close to me for a long time

You’ve been standing far

 

As if the morning is

Covered by the dark night

As if the morning is

Covered by the dark night

Your face in flowing hair

Half hidden and half bright

 

You’re a dream or someone real

Please tell me who you are

Oo Come close to me for a long time

You’ve been standing far

You’re a dream or someone real

Please tell me who you are

Oo Come close to me for a long time

You’ve been standing far

 

The ears of my soul heard

The patter of your feet

The ears of my soul heard

The patter of your feet

Serenely began to flow

The rhythm of my heart beat

Serenely began to flow

The rhythm of my heart beat

 

You’re a dream or someone real

Please tell me who you are

Oo Come close to me for a long time

You’ve been standing far

You’re a dream or someone real

Please tell me who you are

Oo Come close to me for a long time

You’ve been standing far

 

On every turn you and I

Somehow we do meet

On every turn you and I

Somehow we do meet

But you leave suddenly

Our story incomplete

But you leave suddenly

Our story incomplete

 

You’re a dream or someone real

Please tell me who you are

Oo Come close to me for a long time

You’ve been standing far

You’re a dream or someone real

Please tell me who you are

Oo Come close to me for a long time

You’ve been standing far

 

Please call me once again

Let us meet face to face

Please call me once again

Let us meet face to face

When I fall please hold me

In your arms embrace

When I fall please hold me

In your arms embrace

 

You’re a dream or someone real

Please tell me who you are

Oo Come close to me for a long time

You’ve been standing far

You’re a dream or someone real

Please tell me who you are

Oo Come close to me for a long time

You’ve been standing far

The Original Hindi Lyrics of Khwab Ho Tum from Teen Devian

 

Khwaab ho tum yaa koi haqeeqat
Kaun ho tum batalaao
Der se kitani door khadi ho
Aur karib aa jaao

 

Subah pe jis tarah
Shaam kaa ho gumaar
Subah pe jis tarah
Shaam kaa ho gumaar
Zulfo me ek cheharaa
Kuchh zaahir kuchh nihaar

 

Khwaab ho tum yaa koi haqiqat
Kaun ho tum batalaao
Oo der se kitani dur khadi ho
Aur karib aa jaao
Khwaab ho tum yaa koi haqiqat
Kaun ho tum batalaao
Oo der se kitani dur khadi ho
Aur karib aa jaao

 

Dhadakano ne suni
Ek sadaa paao ki
Dhadakano ne suni
Ek sadaa paao ki
Aur dil pe laharaai
Aanchal ki chhaao si
Aur dil pe laharaai
Aanchal ki chhaao si

 

Khwaab ho tum yaa koi haqiqat
Kaun ho tum batalaao
Oo der se kitani dur khadi ho
Aur karib aa jaao
Khwaab ho tum yaa koi haqiqat
Kaun ho tum batalaao
Oo der se kitani dur khadi ho
Aur karib aa jaao

 

Mil hi jaati ho tum
Mujhako har mod pe
Mil hi jaati ho tum
Mujhako har mod pe
Chal deti ho kitane
Afasaane chhod ke
Chal deti ho kitane
Afasaane chhod ke

 

Khwaab ho tum yaa koi haqiqat
Kaun ho tum batalaao
Oo der se kitani dur khadi ho
Aur karib aa jaao
Khwaab ho tum yaa koi haqiqat
Kaun ho tum batalaao
Oo der se kitani dur khadi ho
Aur karib aa jaao

 

Phir pukaaro mujhe
Phir meraa naam lo
Phir pukaaro mujhe
Phir meraa naam lo
Girataa hun phir apni
Baaho me thaam lo
Girataa hun phir apni
Baaho me thaam lo

 

Khwaab ho tum yaa koi haqiqat
Kaun ho tum batalaao
Oo der se kitani dur khadi ho
Aur karib aa jaao
Khwaab ho tum yaa koi haqiqat
Kaun ho tum batalaao
Oo der se kitani dur khadi ho
Aur karib aa jaao

Meanings of Urdu Words

 Gumar = Excess

Zahir = Known, Not secret

Nihar = Fog (In this context)

Sadaa = Sound

Afsaane = Stories

 Explanation of the verse: 

Subah pe jis tarah
Shaam kaa ho gumaar
Zulfo me ek cheharaa
Kuchh zaahir kuchh nihaar

Imagine, if the brightness of the day was surrounded by the dark of the night. In the same way, your face framed by your tresses is partially visible and partially hidden (as in a fog).

Khwab Ho Tum Fact Sheet

·       Movie: Teen Devian
·       Singer: Kishore Kumar
·       Lyricist: Majrooh Sultanpuri
·       Composer: Sachin Dev Burman
·       On Screen: Dev Anand, Simi Garewal, Kalpana
 
 
Enjoy the video of Khwab Ho Tum.  Check out some of the other hit piano songs from Hindi films.
 
·       Maine Tere Liye Hi
·        Aap Ke Haseen Rukh
 
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Maine Tere Liye Hi Gulzar Popular Song Translated in English

 

Maine Tere Liye Hi – Karaoke English Translation of Lyrics

Meta Description:  Maine Tere Liye Hi is a Bollywood song from Rajesh Khanna film Anand. It is a Gulzar- Salil Chowdhary – Mukesh song. Enjoy my English lyrics on the soundtrack.

About Anand the 1971 Movie

In Anand, Hrishikesh Mukherjee presents a “clean” movie with no trace of any sex or violence. Rajesh Khanna was at his peak and this was Amitabh Bachchan’s first hit. Not only did Anand score at the box office, but reaped handsome rewards at the Filmfare Awards that year, though not in the Best Lyricist category.

 

·       Best Film: Hrishikesh Mukherjee and N. C. Sippy

·       Best Story: Hrishikesh Mukherjee 

·       Best Editing: Hrishikesh Mukherjee 

·       Best Actor: Rajesh Khanna

·       Best Supporting Actor: Amitabh Bachchan

·       Best Dialogue: Gulzar

 

Maine Tere Liye Hi has a unique lilt, and I have endeavoured to preserve the pauses and the rhythm of the original in my English translation. This will make it easy to sing the translated lyrics to the original soundtrack karaoke style.

The Karaoke English Translation of the Lyrics of Maine Tere Liye Hi 

I have selected dreams of seven colours just for you

Dreams musical dreams

I have selected dreams of seven colours just for you

Dreams musical dreams

Some old ones some brand new

The shadows from your eyebrows stolen by lively memories

O I have selected dreams of seven colours just for you

Dreams musical dreams

 

Trivial events

The small trivial events can be very potent

Does not forget even a single trifling moment

Trivial events

The small trivial events can be very potent

Does not forget even a single trifling moment

Have waited for you patiently through all these many eternities

O I have selected dreams of seven colours just for you

Dreams musical dreams

 

Forlorn nights

Nights that are forlorn I have pampered often

Only for you I have beckoned dawns that are golden

Forlorn nights

Nights that are forlorn I have pampered often

Only for you I have beckoned dawns that are golden

When you are not there lamps have been lit for you by my agonies

O I have selected dreams of seven colours just for you

Dreams musical dreams

 

Naïve and simple

Naïve simple heart I consoled and conned

My loneliness with your images I always adorned

Naïve and simple

Naïve simple heart I consoled and conned

My loneliness with your images I always adorned

Often times I was roused by the beckoning of my fantasies

O I have selected dreams of seven colours just for you

Dreams musical dreams

The Original Hindi Lyrics of Maine Tere Liye Hi from Anand

maine tere liye hi saat rang ke sapane chune

sapane, surile sapane

maine tere liye hi saat rang ke sapane chune

sapane, surile sapane

kuchh hansate, kuchh gam ke

teri ankhon ke saaye churaye rasili yaadon ne

o maine tere liye hi saat rang ke sapane chune

sapane, surile sapane

 

chhoti baaten,

chhoti, chhoti baaton ki hain yaade badi

bhule nahin, biti hui ek chhoti ghadi

chhoti baaten,

chhoti, chhoti baaton ki hain yaade badi

bhule nahin, biti hui ek chhoti ghadi

janam janam se ankhe bichhaai tere liye in raahon ne

o maine tere liye hi saat rang ke sapane chune

sapane, surile sapane

 

ruthhi raaten,

ruthhi hui raaton ko manaaya kabhi

tere liye mithhi subah ko bulaaya kabhi

ruthhi raaten,

ruthhi hui raaton ko manaaya kabhi

tere liye mithhi subah ko bulaaya kabhi

tere bina bhi tere liye hi diye jalaae ahon ne

o maine tere liye hi saat rang ke sapane chune

sapane, surile sapane

 

bhole bhaale,

bhole bhaale dil ko bahalaate rahe

tanahaai men tere khyaalon ko sajaate rahe

bhole bhaale,

bhole bhaale dil ko bahalaate rahe

tanahaai men tere khyaalon ko sajaate rahe

kabhi kabhi to awaaz dekar mujhako jagaaya khwaabon ne

o maine tere liye hi saat rang ke sapane chune

sapane, surile sapane

Anand Fact Sheet 

·       Movie: Anand
·       Singer: Mukesh
·       Lyricist: Gulzar
·       Composer: Salil Chowdhary
·       On Screen: Rajesh Khanna & Amitabh Bachchan
·       Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
·       Producer: Hrishikesh Mukherjee & N.C. Sippy
 
Enjoy the video of Maine Tere Liye Hi. This is a “piano song” in Bollywood terminology and Hindi films have produced classics in this genre over the years. Check out the karaoke translation of Aap Ke Haseen Rukh with Dharmendra on the piano.  
 
Please follow Bollywood Translations and give your feedback in the comments section. Connect with me on X and Instagram @HarshNev. In case you want any song to be translated, whether from Hindi films or otherwise, please mention in the comments.
 
All the translations are my original work. If you quote them you must acknowledge my name and provide a link to Bollywood Translations.