afGaan jalebii
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afGaan jalebii
Afghan Jalebi
maqtuul jigar / yaa baabaa
qaatil hai nazar / yaa baabaa
ik maah-jabiin / yaa baabaa
ik nuur-e-nabii / yaa baabaa
rab kii rubaaii / yaa baabaa
yaa hai tabaahii / yaa baabaa
gardan suraaHii / yaa baabaa
bolii ilaahii / yaa baabaa
(My) vitals (heart) are slain / oh, father!
(Your) gaze is a murderer / oh, father!
One with moonlike brow (beautiful) / oh, father!
A Light of the Prophet / oh, father!
A quatrain (poem) of God / oh, father!
Or is she destruction? / oh, father!
Neck (narrow) like an earthen jug / oh, father!
Deity speech / oh, father!
afGaan jalebii , maashuuq farebii
ghaayal hai teraa diivaanaa
bhaaii vaah , bhaaii vaah
baNduuq dikhaa ke kyaa pyaar karegii
chehraa bhii kabhii dikhaanaa
bhaaii vaah , bhaaii vaah
[ all stanza x2 ]
Afghan Jalebi, deviuos beloved
Your lover is stricken
Woah, brother! Woah, brother!
Will you love (me) having shown (my) gun?
You must also show your face sometime
Woah, brother! Woah, brother!
[all stanza x2]
o …
dekh daraazii
bandaa namaazii
khel ke baazii vallaah xvaahamxvaah
ab Thahraa na kisii kaam kaa ? / vallaah vallaah
miir kaa koii / vallaah
sher sunaa ke / vallaah
ghuuNT lagaa ke / vallaah / jaam kaa
meraa xaan maHaz naam kaa
Oh …
Take a long look
A pious man …
… having forcibly betted, by God!
… and now he didn't settle, whose problem is it? / by God, by God!
Of Mir … / by God!
… having narrated some sher (poem) / by God!
… having drunk / by God! / of the goblet
… my name is merely that of "Khan"
oe laxat-e-jigar / yaa baabaa
oe nuur-e-nazar yaa baabaa
ek tiir hai tuu / yaa baabaa
maiN chaak jigar / yaa baabaa
bandoN se nahiiN to , allaah se Daregii
vaadaa to kabhii nibhaanaa
bhaaii vaah , bhaaii vaah
Oy, piece of my heart / oh father!
Oy, light of my sight / oh father!
You are an arrow / oh father!
I am a punctured heart / oh father!
If not of man, then (at least) be afraid of God!
You must fulfill your promise sometime!
Woah, brother! Woah, brother!
baNduuq dikhaa dikhaa ke kyaa pyaar karegii
chehraa bhii kabhii dikhaanaa
bhaaii vaah , bhaaii vaah
Will you love (me) having shown (my) gun?
You must also show your face sometime
Woah, brother! Woah, brother!
xvaajaa jii kii paas terii chuGlii karuuNgaa
maiN terii chuGlii karuuNgii
haaN terii chuGlii karuuNgaa
aNguuThii meN qaid terii uNglii karuuNgaa
maiN terii chuGlii karuuNgaa
haaN terii chuGlii karuuNgaa
[ all stanza x2 ]
I will tattle on you to the Lord
I will tattle on you
Yes, I will tattle on you
In your finger-ring I will put a bondage
I will tattle on you
Yes, I will tattle on you
[all stanza x2]
gul-e-gulzaar / yaa baabaa
mere sarkaar / yaa baabaa
baRe maNshuur / yaa baabaa
tere ruxsaar / yaa baabaa
Flower garden / oh father!
My Lord! / oh father!
They are amply divulged … / oh father!
… your cheeks/stances / oh father!
haae , shamshiir nigaaheN
chaabuk sii adaaeN
naachiiz pe na chalaanaa
bhaaii vaah , bhaaii vaah
baNduuq dikhaa dikhaa ke kyaa pyaar karegii ?
chehraa bhii kabhii dikhaanaa
bhaaii vaah , bhaaii vaah
Ah, scimitar looks!
Whip-like coquetry!
You musn't use them for trifling things!
Woah, brother! Woah, brother!
Will you love (me) having shown (my) gun?
You must also show your face sometime
Woah, brother! Woah, brother!
About this song
- Singer
- Asrar
- Lyrics
- Amitabh Bhattacharya
- Music
- Pritam
- On screen
- Katrina Kaif, Saif Ali Khan
afGaan jalebii (Hindi:अफ़ग़ान जलेबी, Urdu: اَفْغان جَلیبی) is a song from the 2015 Bollywood film "Phantom".
A "jalebi" is a typical South Asian dessert made of curly fried dough.
The video clip contains action scenes from the movie, where the female protagonist, an agent from the RAW (the Indian secret service) called Nawaz (played by Katrina Kaif) interacts with the male protagonist, the mysterious "Phantom", a former agent now in disgrace (played by Saif Ali Khan).
The song is picturized by the actual singer, Asrar.
The lyrics were written by Amitabh Bhattacharya and the music was composed by Pritam.