tere sadqe balam
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tere sadqe balam
For your own sake, beloved!
tere sadqe balam na kar koii Gam
ye samaaN ye jahaan phir kahaaN
[ full stanza x2 ]
For your own sake, beloved, let no grief weigh you down!
When will this moment, this world, ever come again?
[full stanza x2]
din haiN suhaane phir kaun jaane aae na aae bahaar
tuu Gam ko pii le dam bhar ko jii le
duniyaa kaa kyaa etbaar
ho jii piyaa duniyaa kaa kyaa etbaar
The days are lovely, but who knows if spring will return?
Suppress your sorrow, live each breath to the fullest,
What trust can we place in this world?
Oh, live, my love! What trust can we place in this world?
kaaNToN meN daaman uljhe na saajan
phuuloN meN haNs ke guzaar
thoRii haNsii hai thoRii xushii hai
dukh zindagii meN hazaar
ho jii piyaa dukh zindagii meN hazaar
Let your robe not snag on thorns, O beloved,
Pass through the flowers, laughing.
A little laughter, a little joy,
(But) a thousand sorrows in life.
Oh, for your sake, love—a thousand sorrows in life!
naiyyaa milan kii maujeN pavan kii
kɛhtii haiN mujh ko pukaar
gaataa chalaa chal haNstaa chalaa chal
jiivan kii nadiyaa ke paar
ho jii piyaa jiivan kii nadiyaa ke paar
The boat of (our) union, the waves of the wind,
Call out to me with their song.
Walk on, singing, laughing,
across the river of life.
Oh, for your sake, love — across the river of life!
About this song
- Lyrics
- Shakeel Badayuni
- Music
- Naushad
- On screen
- Madhubala, Dilip Kumar
tere sadqe balam (Hindi: तेरे सदक़े बलम, Urdu: تیرے صدقے بَلَم) "For your own sake, beloved" is a classic Bollywood song from the 1954 film Amar, with music by Naushad and lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni.
In the film's pivotal scene, Anju Roy (Madhubala), an educated upper-class woman, sings this to console his fiancé, the tormented lawyer Amarnath (Dilip Kumar) - unaware that his guilt stems from raping Soniya (Nimmi), a poor orphaned village girl. The song's poetic verses about "cheering up", "seizing the day", and "letting go of sorrow" become devastatingly ironic, contrasting with Amarnath's unconfessed crime.