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
· Ye Nayan Dare Dare
· Jaane Who Kaise Log The Jinke
· Ganga Aaye Kahan Se
· Tum Pukar Lo
