maulaa mere le le merii jaan

maulaa mere le le merii jaan

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maulaa mere le le merii jaan

My Lord, take my life!

tiijaa teraa rang thaa maiN to [ x2 ]

jiiyaa tere DhaNg se maiN to ,

tuu hii thaa maulaa tuu hii aan

maulaa mere le le merii jaan

I was Your third color

I lived my life by your ways

You are my Lord, you are my honor

My Lord, take my life!

tere sang khelii holii ,

tere sang thii divaalii

tere aaNgnoN kii chhaayaa

tere sang saavan aayaa

pher le tuu chaahe nazreN , chaahe churaa le

lauT ke tuu aaegaa re shart lagaa le

I celebrated Holi by your side,

Diwali also happened by your side,

In the shade of your courtyards

Sawan came in your company

You may turn gaze away, or leave

But you will turn back and come, bet on it.

tiijaa teraa rang thaa maiN to [ x2 ]

jiiyaa tere DhaNg se maiN to ,

tuu hii thaa maulaa tuu hii aan

maulaa mere le le merii jaan [ x2 ]

I was Your third color

I lived my life by your ways

You are my Lord, you are my honor

My Lord, take my life!

miTTii merii thii bhuurii ,

vahii mere ghii aur chuuRii

vahii raaNjhe mere vo hiir ,

vahii sevaiyaaN , vahii khiir

tujh se hii ruuThnaa re , tujhe hii manaanaa

teraa meraa naataa koii duujaa na jaanaa

My soil was brown/sandy

Those are my very same ghee and churi

These are my very same Ranjha and Heer

These are the very same sweet noodles and kheer

Only you are displeased, you are the one to be appeased,

nobody else has to understand this connection between you and me

tiijaa teraa rang thaa maiN to [ x2 ]

jiiyaa tere DhaNg se maiN to ,

tuu hii thaa maulaa tuu hii aan

maulaa mere le le merii jaan [ x4 ]

I was Your third color

I lived my life by your ways

You are my Lord, you are my honor

My Lord, take my life!

About this song

Singers: Salim Merchant, Krishna Beura
Lyrics: Jaideep Sahni
Music: Salim-Sulaiman
On screen: Shah Rukh Khan

maulaa mere le le merii jaan (Hindi: मौला मेरे ले ले मेरी जान, Urdu: مولا میرے لے لے میری جان) "My Lord, Take My Life!", is a song played in the 2007 Bollywood film "Chak De! India".

The title could also be translated as "My Lord, my life is yours to take!", or "I surrender my life to you".

The film tells the story of Kabir Khan (Shah Rukh Khan), the captain of India's hockey team, who falls into disgrace and ends up fulfilling the undesirable position of coaching the female national hockey team.

As the character is a Muslim and in the movie he is portayed as somewhat of a traitor for having erred a penalty goal agains the arch-enemy Pakistani team, much of the lyrics remark how his life experience is the same as that of his fellow Indians.

To some degree, the lyrics address God and country as the same.

The "third color" mentioned by the lyrics refers to the (unofficial) interpretation of the colors in India's flag: 3 vertical stripes in the colors saffron, white, and green. The saffron stripe is said to represent the Hindus, and the third or lower green color, the Muslims.

Other cultural references are:

"Diwali" and "Holi", two of the most important Hindu festivities "Sawan": (the classical Indian month associated with the beginning of the rainy season) "Heer and Ranjha": a very famous Punjabi tragic love epic "ghee" (clarified butter), "churi" (a sweet desert made with crumbled bread), "khir" (rice pudding) , and "sevayaan" (vermicelli) ar all typical dishes

The lyrics were written by Jaideep Sahni, who was also the movie's screenwriter.

The music was composed by the duo Salim-Sulaiman, and the playback singers were Salim Merchant (also from Salim-Sulaiman), and Krishna Beura.