chhaliyaa

chhaliyaa

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chhaliyaa

Deceiver

nashiilaa , nashiilaa teraa nainaa

churaii leN hamaaraa chainaa

ab hamaare dil meN rɛhnaa

[ all stanza x2 ]

Your intoxicating eyes

stole my peace

now, stay in my heart!

[all stanza x2]

chhaliyaa [ x3 ]

ruuH churaa luuN maiN huuN aisii chhaliyaa

chhaliyaa chhaliyaa o chhaliyaa

haath na aao maiN huuN aisii chhaliyaa

[ all stanza x2 ]

Deceiver [x3]

I steal your soul, I am such a deceiver

Deceiver, deceiver, oh, deceiver

Never come within reach, I am such a deceiver

[all stanza x2]

os lahar huuN dhuup saHar huuN

baat mɛhar huuN

bach ke jaaegaa kahaaN

I am a wave of dew, I am daybreak sunlight

I am the word of affection

where you will go and take shelter

na laRaa na laRaa

tuu aaNkh na laRaa

[ don't look at me like that ], maahii

na laRaa na laRaa

tuu aaNkh na laRaa

[ don't look at me like that , boy ]

[ all stanza x2 ]

Don't lock eyes

Don't fall in love

don't look at me like that, darling

Don't lock eyes

Don't fall in love

don't look at me like that, boy

[all stanza x2]

chhaliyaa chhaliyaa chhaliyaa

ruuH churaa luuN maiN huuN aisii chhaliyaa

Deceiver

I steal your soul, I am such a deceiver

raat huuN , taaroN meN mil jaauuN

har moR pe maiN aahoN kii baaNhoN meN khil jaauuN

chal huuN , tujh pe maiN chal jaauuN

tuu na jaanegaa kab baazii maiN dhoke se maar jaauuN

I am the night, I can mix with the stars

At every turn, I bloom in the embrace of sighs

I am trickery, I will use trickery on you

You won't know when I shall unexpectedly win with deceit

bikhre dil kaa maiN Haal huuN

aur Gaalib kaa maiN xayaal huuN

maiN nuur huuN , maiN Huur huuN

bach ke jaaegaa kahaaN

I am in the state of a scattered heart

and I am a thought of Ghalib's

I am the light, I am the nymph

where you will go and take shelter

na laRaa na laRaa

tuu aaNkh na laRaa

[ don't look at me like that ], maahii

na laRaa na laRaa

tuu aaNkh na laRaa

[ don't look at me like that , boy ]

[ all stanza x2 ]

Don't lock eyes

Don't fall in love

don't look at me like that, darling

Don't lock eyes

Don't fall in love

don't look at me like that, boy

[all stanza x2]

chhaliyaa chhaliyaa o chhaliyaa

ruuH churaa luuN maiN huuN aisii chhaliyaa

Deceiver

I steal your soul, I am such a deceiver

nashiilaa , nashiilaa teraa nainaa

churaii leN hamaaraa chainaa

ab hamaare dil meN rɛhnaa

[ all stanza x2 ]

Your intoxicating eyes

stole my peace

now, stay in my heart!

[all stanza x2]

raaz huuN , hoThoN ko siil jaauuN

tere haathoN se maiN ret ban ke phisal jaauuN

buuNd huuN , tujh pe baras jaauuN

jo na bujhegii , vo pyaas ban ke maiN tarsaauuN

I am a secret, I seal lips

I become sand and slip from your hands

I am a raindrop, I will rain on you

I will cause that thirst that will not be quenched

chhal kii pɛhlii chaal huuN

maiN suljhaa-uljhaa jaal huuN

[ I am the ] nuur , [ I am the ] Huur

tuu jaaegaa kahaaN

I am the first move of deceit

Ia a flapping/unfurling net

I'm the glow, I'm the nymph

Where will you go?

na laRaa na laRaa

tuu aaNkh na laRaa

[ don't look at me like that ], maahii

na laRaa na laRaa

tuu aaNkh na laRaa

[ don't look at me like that , boy ]

Don't lock eyes

Don't fall in love

don't look at me like that, darling

Don't lock eyes

Don't fall in love

don't look at me like that, boy

chhaliyaa chhaliyaa chhaliyaa [ Ow ! ]

ruuH churaa luuN maiN huuN aisii chhaliyaa

chhaliyaa chhaliyaa aisii chhaliyaa

haath na aao maiN huuN aisii chhaliyaa

Deceiver, deceiver [Ow!]

I steal your soul, I am such a deceiver

Deceiver, such a deceiver

Never come within reach, I am such a deceiver

os lahar huuN , dhuup saHar huuN

baat mɛhar huuN

bach ke jaaegaa kahaaN

I'm a wave of dew drops, I'm the sunlight of the morning

I am a word of mercy

Where you will go and take shelter?

na laRaa na laRaa

tuu aaNkh na laRaa

[ don't look at me like that ], maahii

na laRaa na laRaa

tuu aaNkh na laRaa

[ don't look at me like that , boy ]

Don't lock eyes

Don't fall in love

don't look at me like that, dear

Don't lock eyes

Don't fall in love

don't look at me like that, boy

About this song

Singers: Sunidhi Chauhan, Piyush Mishra
Lyrics: Anvita Dutt
Music: Vishal-Shekhar
On screen: Kareena Kapoor

chhaliyaa (Hindi: छलिया, Urdu: چھلیا), "Deceiver", is a song from the 2008 Indian masala film "Tashan".

The song was composed by the Bollywood singer-composer duo Vishal-Shekhar, and the lyrics were written for the movie by the lyricist and screenwriter Anvita Dutt Guptan.

The playback singer is Sunidhi Chauhan, and, for the small male voice bridges, Piyush Mishra.

The word "Chhaliya" derives from the Hindustani word chhalii (-iyaa is a common suffix that transforms words into diminutives or endearing terms).

"Chhaliya" can be used as a noun or as an adjective, and it can apply to both male and female persons or things. As an adjective, it means "fake, deceiving, tricking", and as a noun, it mostly applies as a deceiving person; especially in a romantic sense, it denotes a teasing woman or a lover that doesn't fulfill his promises.

The actress starring in the video clip is the female movie protagonist, Pooja (Kareena Kapoor). In the movie, she is a scammer who uses her wile and beauty to deceive.

Pooja is shown in the video clip singing, dancing, tossing banknotes to the air, and living in style, against a background of beaches, yachts, and beautiful Mediterranean islands, accompanied by a troupe of all-female black dancers.

The lyrics, narrated mostly in first person, consist of a female deceiver warning about how dangerous and crafty she is.

The chorus, utilizes the phrase tuu aamNkh na laRaa which means, "don't you lock eyes". The verb laRaanaa means to engage, to cause to fight, but in the context of the eyes or the looks, it means to "lock eyes" (i.e., to fall in love).

At some point, the singer claims to be "a thought of Ghalib":

bikhre dil kaa maiN haal huuN I am in the state of a scattered heart

aur Gaalib kaa maiN xayaal huuN and I am a thought of Ghalib's\

She is referring to Mirza Ghalib (1797 –1869) an Urdu poet who wrote exquisitely about love.

To stress how dangerous is to approach her, she says:

tuu na jaanegaa kab baazii maiṁ dhoke se maar jaauuN You won't know when I shall unexpectedly win with deceit

The expression "baazii maarnaa" or "baazii maar jaanaa" means something like "to hit the jackpot", i.e. to win (in a game, a bet) heavily and unexpectedly.

At the beginning and later in the middle of the song, there is a bridge part sang by a male voice

nashiilaa, nashiilaa teraa nainaa Your intoxicating eyes

churaii le hamaaraa chainaa stole my peace

ab hamaare dil meN rahnaa now, stay in my heart!

This part has some unusual wording, deliberately used to sound vulgar and irreverent:

nainaa (eyes) is a plural, so it should have been nashiile tere nainaa churaii le is using a diminutive not translatable to English, the standard is churaa le chainaa is a diminutive for chain, peace.