tumheN dillgii

tumheN dillgii (Hindi: तुम्हें दिल्लगी, Urdu: تُمھیں دِل لگی) is the title of several related artistic works:

the original ghazal written by the Indo-Pakistani Urdu poet Purnam Allahabadi a qawwali sung by the famous Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, which adds several stanzas to the original a simplified version, re-written by the Indian lyricist Manoj Muntashir, and made into its own video clip

The lyrics and video clip shown in this page belong to the 3rd version.

The video clip's music was arranged by the singer/composer duo Salim-Sulaiman, and the singer is Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.

The Hindustani word dillagī used all across the song deserves some analysis.

It has the following translations: amusement, jest, joke, non-seriousness, and in the field of human relations: casual friendship, infatuation, lower inclination.

In general, it means an activity that is taken light-heartedly and without real commitment or sacrifice.

All those meanings of dillagii are more or less present in the song, but I traduce it as "amusement" for simplicity.

Similarly, the song's title tumhēṁ dillagī (literally: "you/to you - amusement"), would be an incomplete concept in Hindustani language. I just translate it as "Your Amusement" for simplicity.

The song speaks about a lover who claims that, once his beloved commits to a relationship with him, she will forget all lesser forms of love/amusement/infatuation/jest that she might have experienced before.

The phrase used for committing or falling in love with someone is another expression: dil kisii se lagaa or dil lagaanaa, which literally means "engaging one's heart with someone else".

The video clip is acted by the Indian actors Huma Qureshi and Vidyut Jamwal.

In the video, they represent a couple who has a quarrel because of one of them having to move to another city due to a job opportunity.

During the time they are estranged because of this disagreement, both of them remember the playful times when they met and then got together.

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan makes a cameo appearance as himself, or as a qawwali singer, performing the song before them at some social event.