मेरा मुर्शिद खेले होली
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छूटा तीर जो उस की कमान से
जा लगे जित लगना ।
चोरी लिखी है भाग में तेरे
तो क्या सोना क्या जगना ?
If the arrow left his bow
it goes towards wherever it must hit.
(If) a theft is written in your lot
then why sleep, why be awake?
हो … सावा ते सूहा ,
रंग सब के नसीब दा
[ both verses x2 ]
खेलें दुख सुख
आँख मिचौली
[ both verses x2 ]
Oh … green and crimson,
the colors of everyone's destiny
[both verses x2]
Sadness and contentment
play blindfonded
[both verses x2]
जी में तू
जान में तू
मेरे सारे जहान में तू
[ all stanza x2 ]
[ repeats stanza A ]
You are in my heart
You are in my soul
You are in my entire universe
[all stanza x2]
[repeats stanza A]
हो … सावा ते सूहा ,
रंग सब के नसीब दा
खेलें दुख सुख
आँख मिचौली
Oh … green and crimson,
the colors of everyone's destiny
Sadness and contentment
play blindfonded
मेरा मुर्शिद खेले होली [ x2 ]
यारा , रंग है उस का न्यारा ,
मेरा मुर्शिद खेले होली
My Master plays holi [x2]
Friend, his color is unique
My Master plays holi
प्याला छिड़के
अपने करम का
[ both lines x2 ]
रंग दे सब संसारा
मेरा मुर्शिद खेले होली [ x2 ]
प्याला छिड़के
अपने करम का
[ both lines x2 ]
रंग दे सब संसारा
… हो !
The goblet overflows
of his generosity
[both lines x2]
colors the entire creation
My Master plays holi [x2]
The sprinkling goblet
of his generosity
[both lines x2]
colors the entire creation
… Oh
इश्क़ दा रंग है न्यारा ,
तेरे इश्क़ दा रंग है न्यारा
[ both verses x2 ]
The color of love is unique,
the color of your love is unique
[both verses x2]
जी में तू
जान में तू
मेरे सारे जहान में तू
[ all stanza x2 ]
You are in my heart
You are in my soul
You are in my entire universe
[all stanza x2]
हो [ melisma ] …
उस की रंगत ,
मेरी आदत
उस की चाहत
एक इबादत
Oh [melisma] …
his color,
my habit
His affection,
a worship
हो …
[ melisma ]
[ call and response ]
[ between soloist and choir ]
उस की रंगत
/ मेरी आदत है ।
उस की चाहत
/ एक इबादत है ।
उस के होने से
/ सब सलामत है ।
उस की नज़रों से
सब की बरकत है !
Ah …
[melisma]
[call and response]
[between soloist and choir]
His color
/ is my habit.
His affection
/ is a protection.
From his presence
/ everything is peaceful.
From his regard
is everyone's prosperity!
सब की बरकत है ,
नाचे नसीबा तार पे जिस के ,
हाथ है जिस के डोरी
मेरा मुर्शिद खेले होली [ x2 ]
… हो !
Everyone's prosperity,
whose destiny dances on the wire,
in whose hand is the cord
My Master plays Holi [x2]
… Oh!
प्याला छिड़के
अपने करम का
[ both lines x2 ]
रंग दे सब संसारा
इश्क़ दा रंग है न्यारा ,
तेरे इश्क़ दा रंग है न्यारा
[ both verses x2 ]
The goblet overflows
of his generosity
[both lines x2]
colors the entire creation
The color of love is unique,
the color of your love is unique
[both verses x2]
[ call and response ]
उस के रहम से
सब कुछ रंगिया
/ रंगिया
उस की नेमत से
जग सजया
/ [ hums ]
[call and response]
From his mercy
everything is colorful
/ colorful
From his blessing
the universe is adorned
/ [hums]
[ call and response ]
कहीं काँटों पे
/ फूल बिखराए
कहीं अश्कों के
/ पीछे मुस्काए
[ all stanza x2 ]
[call and response]
Sometimes on thorns
/ he spreads flowers,
sometimes behind tears
/ he smiles
[all stanza x2]
कहीं पलकों पे
/ ख़्वाब सजाए ,
कहीं रातों से
/ नींद उड़ाए ।
कहीं बादल ,
कहीं बरखा ।
कहीं वखरा ,
कहीं सरखा ।
At times the eyelids
/ he adorns with dreams,
at times from nights
/ he takes away sleep.
At times clouds,
at times rain.
At times disjointed,
at times continuous.
रूप सरुप पे
न जा उस के ।
शब्द अनेक हैं ,
एक है बोली ।
मेरा मुर्शिद खेले होली [ x2 ]
यारा , रंग है उस का न्यारा ,
मेरा मुर्शिद खेले होली
Don't go by
his outer appearance.
The words are different,
the speech is the same.
My Master plays holi [x2]
Friend, his color is unique
My Master plays holi
जी में तू
जान में तू
मेरे सारे जहान में तू
[ all stanza x4 ]
You are in my heart
You are in my soul
You are in my entire universe
[all stanza x4]
… हो !
प्याला छिड़के
अपने करम का
रंग दे सब संसारा मेरा
प्याला छिड़के
अपने करम का
[ both lines x2 ]
रंग दे सब संसारा
… हो !
… Oh!
The goblet overflows
of his generosity
colors my entire creation
The goblet overflows
of his generosity
[both lines x2]
colors the entire creation
… Oh!
इश्क़ दा रंग है न्यारा ,
तेरे इश्क़ दा रंग है न्यारा
[ both verses x2 ]
The color of love is unique,
the color of your love is unique
[both verses x2]
[ in canon ]
जी में तू
जान में तू
मेरे सारे जहान में तू
[ all stanza x2 ]
[in canon]
You are in my heart
You are in my soul
You are in my entire universe
[all stanza x3]
About this song
- Singer
- Javed Ali
- Lyrics
- Niranjan Iyengar
- Music
- S-E-L, Shankar Mahadevan
- Film
- D-Day (2013)
meraa murshid khele holii (Hindi: मेरा मुर्शिद खेले होली, Urdu: میرا مُرشِد کھیلے ہولی) "My Master/Spiritual Guide Plays Holi" is a Sufi qawwali, reworked as a movie playback song by Indian screenwriter/lyricist Niranjan Iyengar.
It is played in 2013 Indian action spy thriller "D-Day", and it takes place during a fast-paced police chase.
In the movie's plot, this song is interpreted by a group of qawwali performers hired by the chasing policeman's family at some celebration, oblivious of the chase's drama.
The actual performers of the song are Munnawar Masoom, Javed Ali, Shankar Mahadevan, Gaurav Gupta, Rajiv Sundaresan, Mani Mahadevan, and Raman Mahadevan.
The song is mostly modern, standard Hindustani, with some Punjabi words that give it a Sufi, mystic atmosphere.
Its lyrics were written by the composer trio SEL.
As it is usual in Sufi lyrics, the subject is the devotion, almost amorous, for God and the spiritual master.
It is composed in a style of qawwali called "kalam", in which tempo and intensity increase as the music progresses, to symbolize the mystic trance of the singers.
Curiously, all along the song the Hindu festival is spelled "Hori" instead of "Holi".
