nach le

nach le

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nach le

Dance!

meraa jhumkaa uThaa ke laayaa yaar ve

jo giraa thaa barelii ke baazaar meN

maiN to Thumkaa lagaa ke sharmaa gaii

bolii ghuungar baNdhaa deNge maiN aa gaii

My ear-ring, which had fallen at the Bareilly bazaar,

was picked up and taken by my friend

(They) said that they would attach ghunghrus to me, so I came

(but) got shy after doing thumkas

mujhko nachaa ke naach le

aa jaa nach le nach le mere yaar tuu nach le

jhanak jhanak jhaNkaar

o nach le nach le mere yaar tuu nach le

ab to luTaa hai baazaar

sab ko bhulaa ke nach le

aa jaa nach le nach le mere yaar tuu nach le

jhanak jhanak jhaNkaar

o nach le nach le mere yaar tuu nach le

ab to luTaa hai baazaar

Make me dance, and dance

Come, dance, dance, my friend, dance!

Tinkle, tinkle, rattle!

Oh, come, dance, dance, friend, dance!

The whole bazaar has been robbed now,

forget everything, and dance!

Come, dance, dance, my friend, dance!

Tinkle, tinkle, rattle!

Come, dance, dance, friend, dance!

Now you have caused the bazaar to be robbed!

nach le nach le zaraa nach le nach le

sab se bhulaa ke nach le

nach le nach le zaraa nach le nach le

jhaT se uThaa ke nach le

[ all stanza x2 ]

Dance, dance, please dance,

forget everything, and dance!

Dance, dance, please dance,

quickly pick it up and dance!

[all stanza x2]

maiN ne Galatii karii thii , merii nathnii paRii thii [ x2 ]

ke sone maiN us ko rangaa gaii

maiN rangaa ke aTariyaa pe aa gaii

o muHlle meN kaisii maaraamaar hai

mere dar pe diivaanoN kii bahaar hai

I had made a mistake, my nose-ring had fallen

so I painted it in gold.

Having painted it, I came onto the balcony.

Oh, what a tumult there is in the neighborhood:

on my doorstep there is a rush of crazy lovers!

sab ko nachaa ke nach le

aa jaa nach le nach le mere yaar tuu nach le

jhanak jhanak jhaNkaar

o nach le nach le mere yaar tuu nach le

ab to luTaa hai baazaar

After making everyone dance

Come dance with me, my friend

Tinkle, tinkle, rattle!

Oh, come dance with me, my friend,

now you have caused the bazaar to be robbed!

maiN to kamsin kalii thii zaraa tan ke chalii thii ,

haaai

maiN to kamsin kalii thii zaraa tan ke chalii thii

aage jaa ke galii pe bal khaa gaii

muuii jaane javaanii kab aa gaii

mere sadqe zamaane kii kamaaii re

mujhe detaa udhaarii Halvaaii re

I was just a young flower bud who had walked with a little conceit

Alas!

I was just a young flower bud who had walked with a little conceit

I went ahead and danced twisting on the alley

Who knows when, unfortunate (of me) I reached my prime,

the world's wealth, an offering to me:

(now, even) the confectioner gives me credit!

sab ko nachaa ke nach le

aa jaa nach le nach le mere yaar tuu nach le

jhanak jhanak jhaNkaar

o nach le nach le mere yaar tuu nach le

ab to luTaa hai baazaar

[ all stanza x2 ]

Make me dance, and dance

Come, dance, dance, friend, dance!

Tinkle, tinkle, rattle!

Come, dance, dance, friend, dance,

now you have caused the bazaar to be robbed!

[all stanza x2]

nach le nach le zaraa nach le nach le sab se bhulaa ke nach le

nach le nach le zaraa nach le nach le jhaT se uThaa ke nach le

nach le nach le zaraa nach le nach le sab se bhulaa ke nach le

nach le nach le zaraa nach le nach le jhaT se uThaa ke nach le

Dance, dance, please dance,

forget everything, and dance!

Dance, dance, please dance,

quickly pick it up and dance!

About this song

Singers: Sunidhi Chauhan, Piyush Mishra
On screen: Madhuri Dixit

nach le (Hindi: नच ले, Urdu: نچ لے) "Dance!", is a song featured in a 2007 Indian dance film of the same name.

The movie female protagonist, Dia (played by the famous Indian dancer Madhuri Dixit) is a consecrated dancer and choreographer living abroad, who must return to the village of her childhood and save the theater where she had learned to dance.

This theater, called Ajanta. is struggling financially and risks being demolished.

Back in her village, Dia must not only save Ajanta, but confront the ghosts of her past, face political hostility, and keep her dancing troupe together.

The song is played at the climactic part of the movie, during a fundraising dance show performed at the Ajanta theatre by Dia and her troupe.

The song's lyrics are lip-synced by Dia as she dances (the playback singer is Sunidhi Chauhan). The lyrics (written by Piyush Mishra) narrate the story of a young girl who is entering the prime of her youth and is becoming conscious of how attractive she is, especially when moving with gait and dancing.

The song uses the word Thumkaa, which is difficult to translate. It refers to a specific, graceful and jerky movement made with the waist and hips, especially by women, and which is typical of South Asian dance.

The ghunghrus mentioned in the song are musical ankle-bells used by classical Indian dancers. They are also worn by the protagonist during the song.

Curiously, the song verse that goes

mere dar pe dīvaanoN kii bahaar hai on my doorstep there is a rush of crazy lovers!

was originally

bole mochi bhi khud ko sunar hai even the Mochi (Cobbler) calls himself a Sunar (Goldsmith)

but the latter verse was censored in some parts of India on account of being considered offensive to the Jatav sub-caste, composed of cobblers.