[Harp-L] Lyrics to Chaiyya Chaiyya in English

[Deb Wind <deb.wind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

     Hmm... Don't know if this is going to work in an e-mail with this
     type of formatting, but... figured I'd make the attempt anyway. 
     The lyrics to Chaiyya Chaiyya:  :-)

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     /CHAIYYA CHAIYYA/

Chorus: 	 
jinke sar ho ishq kii chha.nh 	/He whose head is in the shadow of love/
pao.n ke niiche jannat hogi 	/will have heaven beneath his feet./
jinke sar ho ishq ki chha.nh 	/Whose head is in the shadow of love.../
chal chhaiyya  	/Walk in the shadow./
pao.n jannat chale chal chhaiyyan  	/Walk in heaven, walk in the shadow./
 	/ /
vo yaar hai jo khushbuu kii tarah 	/There's a friend who is like a sweet 
fragrance, /
jiskii zabaan Urdu kii tarah 	/whose words are like poetry (lit. Urdu, 
the language of poetry),/
merii shaam raat merii qainaat 	/who is my evening, my night, my 
existence./
vo yaar mera saiyya saiyya 	/That friend is my beloved!/
 	 
Chorus 	 
 	 
gulposh kabhii itarae kahii.n  	/Sometimes (my beloved) flirts like a 
flower,/
mahake to nazar aa jaa'e kahii.n 	/so fragrantly that you may see her 
scent./
taawiiz banake pahanuu.n use 	/Having made it into an charm, I will wear 
it. /
aayat kii tarah mil jaaye kahin 	/She shall be obtained as a miracle is 
obtained./
mera nagama vahii.n mera qalama vahii.n 	/She is my song, my declaration 
of faith 
(kalama: the Muslim confession of faith, as in, "la ilaaha il allaah" - 
"there is no God but Allah")./
(vo yaar hai jo imaam ki tarah) 	/(My friend is like a priest to me.)/
mera nagama nagama mera qalama qalama 	/My song... my declaration of 
faith.../
yaar misale.n os chale  	/She moves like the dew./
paon ke tale phirdaus chale 	/She walks with the garden of heaven 
beneath her feet,/
kabhii Daal Daal kabhii paat paat 	/sometimes through the branches, 
sometimes amidst the leaves./
mai.n hawa pe DHuu.nDHuu.n us ke nishaan 	/I shall search the wind for 
her trail!  /
 	 
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mai.n uske ruup ka sedaaii  	/I trade in her beauty. /
vo dhuup chhaa.nho.n sa harjaaii 	/Fickle, she flits shamelessly from 
sun to shade. /
vo shokh ra.ng badalta hai 	/She changes her bright colors;/
mai.n ra.ng ruup ka saudaaii 	/I negotiate that as well./
 	 
Chorus