لَگی بِنا
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لالی میرے لال کی جت دیکھوں تِت لال
لالی [ dekhaNR ] مَیں گئی
مَیں ہو گئی آپ ہی لال
کیسریا بالما آوو جی
پَدھارْو مارے دیس
I see red (vibrant color) wherever I look at my beloved
I went to see my beloved
and I just became red myself
Come, my saffron-colored lover!
Come and visit my place
رین نَہ جاگے
جاگے نَہ رین نَہ جاگے
[ both lines x2 ]
ہو لَگی بِنا رین نَہ جاگے کوئی [ x2 ]
اوہو جاگے جِس نوں آپ جگاوے
ارے ہور نَہ جاگے کوئی
ہو لَگی بِنا رین نَہ جاگے کوئی
At night, doesn't stay awake,
doesn't stay awake at night …
[both lines x2]
oh, without the yearning (for the beloved), nobody stays awake at night [x2]
Oh, ho! Only stays awake the one to whom rouses from sleep …
yeah, no one else stays awake …
oh, without the yearning, no one stays awake
ہو پہلا پَہَر ہر کوئی جاگے [ x2 ]
پَر دوجا نَہ جاگے کوئی
ہو لَگی بِنا رین نَہ جاگے کوئی
Oh, any can stay awake for the first watch of the night [x2]
but for the second, no one …
oh, without the yearning, no one stays awake
[ in Punjabi ]
[ mela ii pal di pal ve ]
[ chall mele nuun challiye ]
[ oh aakhir jaana mar ve ]
[ chall mele nuun challiye ]
[ all stanza x2 ]
[in Punjabi]
The assembly/festival (of the world) is one moment here, another moment gone
let's go to see the assembly
In the end, we are going to die, (so)
let's go to see the assembly
[all stanza x2]
[ in Punjabi ]
[ pahlaa melaa allaah kiitaa ]
[ malakaan vekh ke sajdaa kiitaa ]
[ ik vekh gayaa ii saNR ve ]
[ chall mele nuun challiye ]
[ oh aakhir jaana mar ve ]
[ chall mele nuun challiye ]
[in Punjabi]
God gathered the first assembly
with angels bowing in adoration
(but) with one of them (Lucifer) becoming envious
Let's go to see the assembly
(for) in the end, we are going to die
Let's go to see the assembly
رین نَہ جاگے
جاگے نَہ رین نَہ جاگے
[ both lines x4 ]
At night, doesn't stay awake,
doesn't stay awake at night …
[both lines x4]
ہو دُکِھیا جاگے دُکھ دے [ karaaNR ] [ x2 ]
پَر سُکھی نَہ جاگے کوئی
ہو لَگی بِنا رین نَہ جاگے کوئی [ x2 ]
Oh, sorrow makes the wretched ones stay awake [x2]
but none who is contented stays awake.
Oh, without the yearning, no one stays awake for the night [x2]
[ in Punjabi ]
[ bullhaa piir manaave ]
[ te darshan yaar da paave ]
[ both lines x2 ]
[ nacch ke oh piir manaawe ]
[ te darshan yaar da paave ]
[ both lines x2 ]
[ bullhaa piir manaave ]
[ te darshan yaar da paave ]
[ both singers continue singing in unison ]
[in Punjabi]
Bulleh Shah persuades his Guide
and gets the sight of his lover.
[both lines x2]
Dancing, he persuades his Guide
and gets the sight of his lover.
[both lines x2]
Bulleh Shah persuades his Guide
and gets the sight of his lover.
[both singers continue singing in unison]
ہو لَگی بِنا رین نَہ جاگے کوئی [ x2 ]
Oh, without the yearning, no one stays awake for the night [x2]
About this song
- Singers
- Sanam Marvi, Saieen Zahoor
- Lyrics
- Bulleh Shah, Waris Shah
- Music
- Jaffer Zaidi
- Show
- Coke Studio (2016)
lagii binaa ren na jage koii (Hindi: लगी बिना, Urdu: لَگی بِنا) "Without the Yearning, No One Spends the NIght Awake", also known shortly as "Lagi Bina" (WIthout the Yearning), is in fact a mix of the lyrics of two different poems/songs which were shortened, partially translated into Urdu, and musically arranged.
One is "Lagi Bina" itself, attributed to the XVIII century Sufi poet and philosopher Bulleh Shah.
The other is "Chal Mele Noon Challiye", which was mostly kept in the original Punjabi language, and was authored by the Sufi poet Waris Shah, also from XVIII century's Punjab.
The song was featured in 2016 at season 9 of the Pakistani musical show Coke Studio.
The combined music was composed and arranged by the musician Jaffer Zaidi.
The singers were Sanam Marvi for the "Lagi Bina" sections, and the traditional artist Saieen Zahoor for the "Chal Mele Noon Challiye", sections.
