le jaa le jaa re
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le jaa le jaa re ,
haaai haaai , le jaa
nii muie , nii muie , nii muie
Take, oh, take!
Ah, take!
Oh, young girl, young girl
le jaa le jaa re , mɛhkii raat meN
churaa ke saare rang le jaa
raatii raatii maiN bhiiguuN saath meN
tuu aisii mulaaqaat de jaa
[ all stanza x2 ]
Take, oh, take, in the fragrant night,
steal all colors and take them away
In (your) company, I am drenched every night
Encounter me in such a way!
[all stanza x2]
nii muie , mailaa man meraa [ x2 ]
kyaa karnaa aisaa rang goraa
jo piyaa na rijhaae
Oh, young girl, my heart is vexed
What to do with such a fair color
When the beloved is not charmed
nii muie , man mailaa
man mailaa kyaa karnaa hai aisaa ?
na bhaae piyaa ko
tan goraa kyaa karnaa hai aisaa ?
le jaa le jaa
churaa ke saare rang le jaa
raatii raatii maiN bhiiguuN saath meN
tuu aisii mulaaqaat de jaa
Oh, young girl, the heart is vexed
What to do with such a vexed heart?
Such a fair body
doesn't please the beloved, what to do?
Take, take!
Steal all colors and take them away
In (your) company, I am drenched evert night
Encounter me in such a way!
le jaa le jaa [ x2 ]
le jaa le jaa re [ x2 ]
Take, take!
Take, oh, take!
chaahuuN paas paas aanaa ,
koii DhuuNRDh ke bahaanaa
tumheN apnaa maanaa
chaahe ruuThe ye zamaanaa ,
chaahe maare jag taanaa
tum ko hai paanaa
I want you to come closer
having looked for some excuse
I accepted you as my own,
whether this displeases society or not,
whether the world hits me with taunts or not,
I have to get you
nii muie , saarii raatoN kii
kahaanii koii to hogii
jo jaage taare raatoN ko ,
yaa jaage jogii
Oh, young girl, of all nights
there has to be a story
(so that) either the night's stars stay awake
or the devotee does.
ho , nii muie , haaai
nii muie , hotii haiN
kuchh baateN hotii haiN raatoN meN
jo jaage haiN jogii
yaa taare jaage haiN raatoN meN
le jaa le jaa re , mɛhkii raat meN
churaa ke saare rang le jaa
raatii raatii maiN bhiiguuN …
Oh, dear girl, ah!
Oh, dear girl,
some talks happen at night
which keep awake either the devotee
or keeps the starts awake at nights
Take, take, in the fragrant night
Steal all colors and take them away
I am drenched every night …
nii muie
le jaa le jaa re / ho re …
bhiiguuN re , haaai
nii muie , nii muie , nii muie
le jaa le jaa re
Oh, dear girl
Take, take / oh, yes!
I get drenched, ah
Oh, dear girl, dear girl
Take, take!
About this song
- Singers
- Shreya Ghoshal, Dhvani Bhanushali, Ustad Sultan Khan
- Lyrics
- Irshad Kamil
- Music
- Sandesh Shandilya
- On screen
- Nina Sarkar, Varun Toorkey
le jaa le jaa re (Hindi: ले जा ले जा, Urdu: لے جا لے جا) "Oh, take (me)!" is a song released in 2006 as part of the collaborative album Ustad and the Divas, a project that brought together legendary sarangi player Ustad Sultan Khan with prominent female vocalists from the Indian music industry.
In this song, the female vocals are provided by the acclaimed Shreya Ghoshal, the music is composed by Sandesh Shandilya, and the lyrics are written by poet Irshad Kamil.
The music video and cinematic associated with this song tell a parallel story to the lyrics: about a dancer (Nina Sarkar) working in an exploitative work environment, and a young programmer (Varun Toorkey) working office hours. Both, without knowing each other personally, begin a peculiar communication through graffiti that they draw on the advertisements of a bus stop that they both use (at different times) during the downpours. Illustrations of raindrops and abstract figures become their secret language, culminating in a chance meeting under a shared umbrella.
Musically, the song fuses:
Ustad Sultan Khan's Rajasthani folk (evident in the alaaps and use of the sarangi)
Shandilya's contemporary arrangements
Ghoshal's crystalline vocals
Becoming a cult hit in the late 2000s, the song enjoyed a revival in 2018 with a cover performed by Dhvani Bhanushali, though the original production remains the most celebrated for its emotional authenticity.
