zaruurii thaa
Touch on each word to display its meaning
lafz kitne hii tere pairoN se
lipTe hoNge
tuune jab aaxirii xat
meraa jalaayaa hogaa
How many words
would have clung to your feet
when you (would have) burned
my last letter
tuune jab phuul kitaaboN se
nikaale hoNge
dene vaalaa bhii tujhe
yaad to aayaa hogaa
When you took the flowers
out of the books,
you must have remembered
the giver
terii aaNkhoN ke dariyaa kaa
utrnaa bhii zaruurii thaa
moHabbatt bhii zaruurii thii
bichhRnaa bhii zaruurii thaa
It was also necessary
for the waters of your eyes to flow
Love was also necessary
To be separated was also necessary
zaruurii thaa ki ham donoN
tavaaf aarzuu karte ,
magar phir aarzuuoN kaa
bikhrnaa bhii zaruurii thaa
terii aaNkhoN ke dariyaa kaa
utrnaa bhii zaruurii thaa
It was necessary for us both
to go around our desire,
but it was also necessary for our desires
to afterwards be spoiled
[repeats chorus]
[instrumental bridge]
bataao yaad hai tum ko
vo jab dil ko churaayaa thaa .
churaaii chiiz ko tum ne
xudaa kaa ghar banaayaa thaa
Tell me you remember
when you have stolen this heart.
That stolen item, you
had made it the house of God
vo jab kɛhte the meraa naam
tum tasbiiH meN paRhte ho ,
moHabbatt kii namaazoN ko
qazaa karne se Darte ho
And when you used to say that
you recited my name in tasbih,
that you were afraid of missing
the prayers of love
magar ab yaad aataa hai
vo baateN thiiN maHaz baateN .
kahiiN baatoN hii baatoN meN
mukrnaa bhii zaruurii thaa
terii aaNkhoN ke dariyaa kaa
utrnaa bhii zaruurii thaa
But now I remember that
those were words, mere words.
It was also necessary to go back
on words said, just words
It was also necessary
for the waters of your eyes to flow
vahii haiN suurteN apnii ,
vahii maiN huuN , vahii tum ho ,
magar khoyaa huaa huuN maiN
magar tum bhii kahiiN gum ho
Our appearances are the same,
I am the same, you are the same,
but I have become lost,
but you also are lost somewhere
moHabbatt meN daGaa kii
thii so kaafir the so kaafir haiN .
milii haiN manzileN phir bhii ,
musaafir the musaafir haiN
In love, I have been treacherous
so we were infidels, so we are infidels.
(Our) destinations were met, but still,
we were travellers, we are travellers
tere dil ke nikaale ham
kahaaN bhaTke kahaaN pahuNche …
magar bhaTke to yaad aayaa
bhaTknaa bhii zaruurii thaa
moHabbatt bhii zaruurii thii
bichhRnaa bhii zaruurii thaa
Dismissed from your heart, I
wandered here, arrived there …
But then, wandering, I remembered
(that) wandering was also necessary,
(that) love was also necessary,
(that) separating was also necessary
zaruurii thaa ki ham donoN
tavaaf aarzuu karte ,
magar phir aarzuuoN kaa
bikhrnaa bhii zaruurii thaa .
terii aaNkhoN ke dariyaa kaa
utrnaa bhii zaruurii thaa
It was necessary for us both
to go around our desire,
but it was also necessary for our desires
to afterwards be spoiled.
It was also necessary
for the waters of your eyes to flow
About this song
- Singer
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
zaruurii thaa (Urdu: ضروری تھا, Hindi: ज़रूरी था) "It was necessary" is a song written by the Pakistani lyricist and playwright Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar, and it was released as part of the album "Back 2 Love", by the famous qawwali singer Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
The song could be classified as "qawwali pop"; it tells about two lovers whose relationship underwent critical moments, but whose suffering "was necessary" for their love to reach maturity.
The lyrics use religious vocabulary (especially Muslim) to describe their love relationship.
The video is not a movie trailer but a video clip made specifically for this song, and the characters are the Indian actors and ex-models Gauhar Khan and Kushal Tandon. This couple had shortly before participated in the very famous Indian reality TV show "Big Boss". The video clip quickly broke several audience records on Youtube.
The album "Back 2 Love" was released in 2014, and the song was later used in the 2015 Indian romantic drama film "Hamari Adhuri Kahani" (Our Incomplete Story).
