lagaayaa dil
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lagaayaa dil bahut par dil lagaa naiiN [ x2 ]
tere jaisaa … [ x2 ]
tere jaisaa koii hamko milaa naiiN
lagaayaa dil bahut par dil lagaa naiiN
I set (my) heart a lot, but (my) heart wasn't engaged [x2]
Like you … [x2]
I found no one like you
I set (my) heart a lot, but (my) heart wasn't engaged
zamaane bhar kii baateN un se kɛh diiN [ x2 ]
jo kɛhnaa chaahie thaa vo kahaa naiiN [ x2 ]
lagaayaa dil bahut par dil lagaa naiiN
(We) talked to them about everything [x2]
(but we) didn't say what should have been said [x2]
I set (my) heart a lot, but (my) heart wasn't engaged
vo sach meN pyaar thaa yaa bachpnaa thaa [ x2 ]
moHabbatt ho gaii thii kyaa pataa naiiN [ x2 ]
lagaayaa dil bahut par …
Was it really love, or just childhood? [x2]
(I) don't know if we had fallen in love [x2]
I set my heart a lot, but …
vo mujhko lag rahaa thaa pyaar meraa [ x2 ]
vo jaisaa lag rahaa thaa vaisaa thaa naiiN [ x2 ]
lagaayaa dil bahut par dil lagaa naiiN
It kept on looking like my love to me [x2]
but it was not what it kept looking like [x2]
I set (my) heart a lot, but (my) heart wasn't engaged
na royaa thaa bichhRne par maiN unke [ x2 ]
magar haaN zindagii meN phir haNsaa naiiN [ x2 ]
lagaayaa dil bahut par …
I hadn't cried during separation from her [x2]
but, yeah, I didn't smile afterwards my whole life [x2]
I set (my) heart a lot, but …
ye toHfe haiN jo apnoN se mile haiN [ x2 ]
hameN gairoN se koii bhii gilaa naiiN [ x2 ]
tere jaisaa … [ x2 ]
tere jaisaa koii hamko milaa naiiN
lagaayaa dil bahut par dil lagaa naiiN
These are gifts that we got by our own (people) [x2]
there is no reproach at all to us by our close ones [x2]
Like you … [x2]
I found no one like you
I set (my) heart a lot, but (my) heart wasn't engaged
About this song
- Singer
- Sajjad Ali
- Lyrics
- Sajjad Ali, Jaun Elia
- Music
- Sajjad Ali
lagaayaa dil (Hindi: लगाया दिल, Urdu: لگایا دِل) roughly translated as "I Set My Heart" is a song written, composed, and interpreted by the Pakistani singer-songwriter Sajjad Ali.
The song repeatedly uses the verbal expression expression dil lagaanaa which can mean:
to love
(literally) to engage one's heart
to have one's heart or mind set on something or someone
On the other hand, the related verb lagnaa means, among other things, "to be engaged".
Therefore, the thematic verse:
lagaayaa dil bahut par dil lagaa naiiN
Can be translated as:
"I set/applied my heart a lot/many times, but the heart wasn't engaged"
The video clip associated with this song shows scenes of the singer sitting on a high school yard, singing while several students engage in intertwined stories of mostly unrequited love.
Sajjad Ali recognizes that these lyrics are inspired in poems with similar structure written by the Urdu poet and scholar Jaun Elia.
The original lyrics contained two additional stanzas who were a more explicit tribute to Jaun Elia, but which Ali suppressed to keep the song shorter.
