देखते-देखते
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रज के रुलाया , रज के हँसाया
मैं ने दिल खो के , इश्क़ कमाया
माँगा जो उस ने , एक सितारा
हम ने ज़मीन पे , चाँद बुलाया
She made me cry, and laugh, until I had my fill
I earned love by losing my heart
When she just asked me for a star
I made the moon appear on earth
जो आँखों से / हाय
वो जो आँखों से इक पल न ओझल हुए [ x2 ]
लापता हो गए , देखते-देखते
She who, from my eyes / … ah!
She who wasn't hidden from my eyes for even a moment
What a change, right before my eyes!
सोचता हूँ …
सोचता हूँ कि वो कितने मासूम थे [ x2 ]
क्या से क्या हो गए देखते-देखते
सोचता हूँ कि वो कितने मासूम थे
क्या से क्या हो गए देखते-देखते
सोचता हूँ कि वो कितने मासूम थे [ x2 ]
क्या से क्या हो गए देखते-देखते
I think …
I keep on thinking how naïve/innocent she was [x2]
How has she changed, right before my eyes!
I think on how innocent she was
How has she changed, right before my eyes!
I think on how innocent she was [x2]
How has she changed, right before my eyes!
वो जो कहते थे बिछड़ेंगे न हम कभी [ x2 ]
अलविदा हो गए देखते-देखते
सोचता हूँ …
She who was saying that I would never be estranged
The goodbye happened right in front of me?
I think …
एक मैं एक वो , और शामें कई
चाँद रौशन थे तब आसमान में कई
[ both lines x2 ]
यारियों का वो दरिया उतर भी गया
और हाथों में बस रेत ही रह गई
She and I were one, and the evenings were many
There were many shining moons then in the sky
[both lines x2]
Those waters of intimacy waned too
and only sand has remained in my hands
कोई पूछे कि … / हाय
कोई पूछे कि हम से ख़ता क्या हुई
क्यूँ ख़फ़ा हो गए देखते-देखते
May someone ask … / ah!
May some one ask if it was my fault
Why did she get upset with me right before my eyes?
आते-जाते थे जो साँस बन के कभी [ x2 ]
वो हवा हो गए देखते-देखते
वो हवा हो गए … / हाय
She who, made breath, were once coming and going
turned into air right before my eyes
She became air … / ah!
वो हवा हो गए देखते-देखते
अलविदा हो गए देखते-देखते
लापता हो गए देखते-देखते
क्या से क्या हो गए देखते-देखते
She became air right before my eyes
the goodbye happened right before my eyes
She disappeared right before my eyes
How has she changed, right before my eyes!
जीने मरने की हम थे वजह और हमीं [ x2 ]
बेवजह हो गए देखते-देखते
I was, myself, the reason for life and death,
(but) become groundless right before my eyes
सोचता हूँ …
सोचता हूँ कि वो कितने मासूम थे
क्या से क्या हो गए देखते-देखते [ x3 ]
क्या से क्या हो गए …
I think …
I keep on thinking how naïve/innocent she was
How has she changed, right before my eyes! [x3]
How has she changed, right before my eyes!
About this song
- Singers
- Atif Aslam, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
- Lyrics
- Manoj Muntashir, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Shakeeb Jalali
- Music
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rochak Kohli
- On screen
- Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor
dekhte-dekhte (Hindi: देखते-देखते, Urdu: دیکھتے~دیکھتے) "Before my Eyes / In Front ot Me / Suddenly" is a song used in the 2018 Bollywood film "Batti Gul Meter Chalu".
The song is basically a modern arrangement of a very famous qawwali created and performed by the Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.
In turn, Nusrat took some parts, including the opening line, from a "nazm" by the Pakistani poet Shakeeb Jalali.
All along the song, the pronoun used for addressing is vō, which can be interpreted as "they", "she" or "he". In this translation, I use "she" for simplicity.
The phrase kyaa se kyaa (literally "from what to that"), and the verbal phrase kyaa se kyaa ho jaanaa (literally "to become from what to what")
are idiomatic expressions used to indicate surprise and dismay in relation to a big, disfavorable change, to lament some transformation or upheaval.
It is difficult to translate. In the poem, I use "How has (she) changed ... ! (i.e., for the worse).
The music was arranged by Rochak Kohli and the lyrics, by Manoj Muntashir.
The singer in this video clip is Atif Aslam.
The video clip shows the romantic involvement of the movie's two main protagonists: Nauti, a fashion designer (played by Shraddha Kapoor), and "SK", a lawyer (Shahid Kapoor).
The video was published by T-Series.
