आज मेरे मन में सखी

aaj mere man meN sakhii

aaj mere man meN sakhii

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आज मेरे मन में सखी

Today, in my Heart, Friend

आज मेरे मन में सखी

बाँसुरी बजाए कोई

आज मेरे मन में …

आज मेरे मन में सखी

बाँसुरी बजाए कोई

प्यार भरे गीत सखी

बार-बार गाए कोई

बाँसुरी बजाए …

बाँसुरी बजाए सखी गाए सखी रे

कोई छैलवा हो

कोई अलबेलवा हो , कोई छैलवा हो

Today, in my heart, friend,

some bansuri (flute) plays

today in my heart …

Today, in my heart, friend,

some bansuri plays,

A song imbibed in love, friend,

someone sings once and again,

a bansuri plays …

A bansuri plays, friend, it goes, friend

It is some dashing beau,

a comely fellow, a dashing beau

रंग मेरी जवानी का लिए

झूमता घर आया है सावन

[ both lines x2 ]

सखी , हो रे सखी आया है सावन

मेरे नैनों में है साजन

Bringing the colors of my youth,

Sawan has come home swaying

[both lines x2]

Friend, oh, friend, Sawan has come,

there is a gallant one in my eyes

इन ऊदी घटाओं में , हवाओं में

सखी नाचे मेरा मन [ x2 ]

हो आँगन में , सावन मन-भावन हो जी

हो …

इन ऊदी घटाओं में , हवाओं में

सखी नाचे मेरा मन [ x2 ]

In these dark rainclouds, in the winds

friend, my heart dances [x2]

Oh, yes, Sawan is pleasing in my courtyard!

Oh …

In these dark rainclouds, in the winds

friend, my heart dances [x2]

दिल के हिंडोले पे मोहे झूले न झुलाए कोई

प्यार भरे गीत सखी

बार-बार गाए कोई

बाँसुरी बजाए सखी गाए सखी रे

कोई छैलवा हो

कोई अलबेलवा हो , कोई छैलवा हो

Nobody swings on the hindola/swing of my heart

A song imbibed in love, friend,

someone sings once and again,

A bansuri plays, friend, it goes, friend

It is a dashing beau,

a comely fellow, a dashing beau

कहता है इशारों में कोई रे

आ मोहे अमबुआ के तले मिल

भला वह कौन है , घायल ?

[ last 3 verses x2 ]

Oh, in gestures, he is saying something:

"Come, meet me, underneath the mango tree"

- Why, who is that lovestruck one?

[last 3 verses x2]

मैं नाम न लूँ आज लगे लाज

सखी धड़के मेरा दिल

हो सखी धड़के मेरा दिल

हो आँगन में , सावन मन-भावन हो जी

हो …

मैं नाम न लूँ आज लगे लाज

सखी धड़के मेरा दिल

हो सखी धड़के मेरा दिल

I shall not take my renown (with me) today,

friend, my throbbing heart feels shy

oh, friend, my throbbing heart

Yes, in (my) courtyard, let Sawan be pleasing!

Oh …

I shall not take my renown today,

friend, my throbbing heart feels shy

oh, my throbbing heart!

तारों पे जीवन के मधुर रागिनी सुनाए कोई [ x2 ]

बाँसुरी बजाए सखी गाए सखी रे

कोई छैलवा हो

कोई अलबेलवा हो , कोई छैलवा हो

On the strings of (my) life, someone recites a mellifluous rangini [x2]

Oh, friends, the bansuri plays, it sings, friend!

It is some dashing beau,

a comely fellow, a dashing beau

About this song

Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
Music: Naushad
On screen: Dilip Kumar, Nadira

aaj mere man meN sakhii (Hindi: आज मेरे मन में सखी, Urdu: آج میرے من میں سکھی) “Today in my Heart, Friend”, is a song played in the 1952 Bollywood period film “Aan”.

The film is about a commoner, Jai (Dilip Kumar) who tries to win the heart of a princes, Rajshree (Nadira).

The song describes how Rajshree starts feeling the call of love in her heart, while being visited by Jai.

She associates her nascent feelings with the coming of Sawan, a traditional Indian month corresponding with the beginning of the rain season (and typically associated with romantic feelings, life-giving clouds and rain, and specific types of music and poetry).

For example, the hiNDolaa is not only a swing, but a specific traditional raga musical style, intended to produce a romantic mood, and to be played during Sawan or springtime.

During all the song, the young woman is constantly addressing a sakhii, a female friend or confidante, also a common trope in Hindustani poetry.

So are escapades under a mango tree or ambuaa, and playing the baaNsurii, a specific type of side-blown flute played by the god Krishna, epitome of seduction and love.

At some point, the sakhii asks back to the singer:

bhalaa, vah kaun hai ghaayal? Why, who is that lovestruck one?

ghaayal is a Hindustani word meaning injured or stricken, but in the context of the song it means "wounded by love', i.e., someone lovestruck, an enamored, suitor.

The playback singer is Lata Mangeshkar plus a female chorus for the sakhiiyaaN

All the the lyrics in the movie, including this one, were written by Shakeel Badayuni and the soundtrack music was composed by Naushad.