zindagii maut na ban jaae

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zindagii maut na ban jaae

Let Life Not Become Death

zindagii maut na ban jaae , sambhaalo yaaro [ x2 ]

kho rahaa chain-o-aman [ x2 ]

mushkiloN meN hai vatan [ x2 ]

sar-faroshii kii shamaa dil meN jalaa lo yaaro , yaaro , yaaro

zindagii maut na ban jaae , sambhaalo yaaro

Comrades, get a grip, Let life not become death [x2]

Peace is being lost [x2]

The country is trouble [x2]

Friends, light the lamp of zeal in your heart

Comrades, get a grip, life should not become death [x2]

ek taraf pyaar hai , chaahat hai , vafaa-daarii hai

ek taraf desh meN … desh meN …

ek taraf desh meN dhokhaa hai , Gaddaarii hai

bastiyaaN sahmii huii , sahmaa chaman saaraa hai

Gam meN kyuuN Duubaa huaa aaj sab nazaaraa hai

aag paanii kii jagah abr jo barsaaeNge

lɛhalhaate hue sab khet jhulas jaaeNge

jaaeNge , jaaeNge

kho rahaa chain-o-aman [ x2 ]

mushkiloN meN hai vatan [ x2 ]

sar-faroshii kii shamaa dil meN jalaa lo yaaro

On the one side there is love, affection, loyalty

on the side, in the country … in the country …

on the other side in the country there is deception, dishonesty

The populations are frightened, all the garden is frightened

Why is every look is submerged in sorrow today?

If the clouds will rain fire instead of water

all verdant fields will be scorched,

will be, will be (scorched).

Peace is being lost [x2]

The country is in trouble

Comrades, light the lamp of zeal in your heart

zindagii maut na ban jaae , sambhaalo yaaroN [ x2 ]

kho rahaa chain-o-aman [ x2 ]

mushkiloN meN hai vatan [ x2 ]

sar-faroshii kii shamaa dil meN jalaa lo yaaroN

zindagii maut na ban jaae , sambhaalo yaaroN [ x2 ]

Comrades, let life not become death [x2]

Peace is being lost [x2]

The country is in trouble [x2]

Friends, light a candle of zeal in your heart

Comrades, life should not become death [x2]

chand sikkoN ke lie , tum na karo kaam buraa

na karo kaam buraa [ x4 ]

har buraaii kaa sadaa hotaa hai anjaam buraa

har buraaii kaa hotaa hai bas

anjaam buraa [ x6 ]

Don't you do bad deeds for a few coins

Don't do bad deeds [x4]

Of (for) every bad deed, there is always a bad conclusion

For every and all bad deed, there is simply

a bad ending [x6]

jurm vaaloN kii kahaaN umr baRii hai yaaro / yaaroN

inkii raahoN meN sadaa maut khaRii hai yaaro / yaaro

zulm karne se sadaa zulm hii Haasil hogaa

jo na sach baat kahe vo koii buzdil hogaa

sar-faroshoN ne lahuu de ke jise siiNchaa hai

aise gulshan ko ujRne se bachaa lo yaaro

sar-faroshii kii shamaa dil meN jalaa lo yaaro , yaaro , yaaro , yaaro

Comrades, where is it (ever) long, the age of the criminals?

Comrades, in their paths, death always has stood

By doing injustice, there will be always only a result of injustice

Anyone who doesn't speak the truth, will be a coward

What is irrigated with the blood the zealous ones have given,

comrades, save such garden from getting devastated!

Comrades, comrades, light the lamp of zeal in your heart!

zindagii maut na ban jaae , sambhaalo yaaro [ x2 ]

kho rahaa chain-o-aman [ x2 ]

mushkiloN meN hai vatan [ 2x ]

sar-faroshii kii shamaa dil meN jalaa lo yaaro

zindagii maut na ban jaae , sambhaalo yaaro [ x4 ]

Comrades, get a grip, Let life not become death [x2]

Peace is being lost [x2]

The country is in trouble [x3]

Friends, light the lamp of zeal in your heart

Comrades, Let life not become death [x4]

About this song

Singers: Sonu Nigam, Roop Kumar Rathod
Lyrics: Israr Ansari
Music: Jatin-Lalit
On screen: Aamir Khan

zindagii maut na ban jaae (Hindi: ज़िंदगी मौत न बन जाए, Urdu: زِندگی مَوت نہ بن جائے) "Let Life not Become Death" is a song from the 1999 Indian action drama "Sarfarosh"

The music of this song (as well as all the movie soundtrack) was composed by the duo Jatin–Lalit, and the lyrics were written by Israr Ansari. The singers are Sonu Nigam and Roop Kumar Rathod.

The song is played during the beginning and closing credits, no actor lip-syncs it.

The movie tells the story of Ajay (Aamir Khan), an Assistant Police Commissioner from Mumbai, who tries to stop a Pakistani-sponsored gang of criminals, and especially the shipments of arms being smuggled for them.

The movie was released at shortly before the Kargil Conflict between India and Pakistan, at a time where tension between the two countries was high. The song's lyrics are full of appeals to heroism and patriotism.

The word sar-farosh, which is also the title of the movie, is used repeatedly in the song.

This word, of Persian origin, literally means "head seller", meaning one who is willing to put his life on the line, to risk his head.

It is an adjective that can also be translated as "heroic, zealous, fervorous".

The word sar-faroshii is the abstract noun corresponding to sar-farōś, so it can be translated as "fervor", "heroism", "zeal".

It is also used in the song:

sar-faroshoo kii shamaa dil meN jalaa lo yaaro light the flame of zeal in your heart, comrades!

Curiously, the English translation normally given to the movie title, "Sarfarosh", is "Fervour", which is wrong. "Fervor" would be sar-farōśī.

The lyrics appeal to defend one's country from danger. Several typical words and expressions are used to describe what is at risk:

desh: the normal Hindustani word for "country" watan: is an Arabic word meaning "country, homeland" lahalhaate khet: verdant/undulating fields chaman : garden (parterre) gulshan: flower-garden bastiyaaN: the populations, the settlements (with the nuance of being small, rural) chain-o-aman : "peace and calm" (as both words are similar in meaning, this izafat construction is normally translated as just "peace'). sar-faroshoN ne lahuu de ke jise siiNchaa hai: what has been irrigated with the blood of the heroic ones

The movie was a commercial success and the song is remembered in India even today.

During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, when strict house confinement measures were imposed, a video clip became viral of Pune policeman singing this song to encourage people to stay indoors.