نُکتَہ چیں ہے غَمِ دِل
nuktaa-chiiN hai Gam-e-dil
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نُکتَہ چیں ہے غَمِ دِل
She is Such a Critic, That Heartache …
نُکتَہ چیں ہے ، غَمِ دِل ،
اُس کو سُنائے نَہ بنے [ x2 ]
کْیا بنے بات ، جہاں
بات بنائے نَہ بنے [ x2 ]
نُکتَہ چیں ہے ، غَمِ دِل …
She is (such) a critic, (that) heartache
doesn't get to be recited to her [x2]
Why would a word succeed, where
a manufactured word/matter wouldn't? [x2]
She is (such) a critic, (that) heartache …
غیر پھرتا ہے لِئے یوں تیرے خَط کو کِہ اَگَر [ x2 ]
کوئی پوچھے کِہ یہ کْیا ہے
تو چھپائے نَہ بنے [ x2 ]
نُکتَہ چیں ہے ، غَمِ دِل …
The other wanders around carrying your letter in such a way, that if … [x2]
someone asked: what is this?
then he would not be able to hide it [x2]
She is (such) a critic, (that) heartache …
مَیں بُلاتا تو ہوُں اُس کو مگر اے جَذْبَہِ دِل [ x2 ]
اُس پہ بَن جائے کُچھ ایسی کِہ بِن آئے نَہ بنے [ x2 ]
کِہ بِن آئے نَہ بنے …
نُکتَہ چیں ہے ، غَمِ دِل …
I do call her, but oh! the heart's passion … [x2]
… may (it) come true on her in such a way, so that she cannot go without it! [x2]
… that she cannot go without it …
She is (such) a critic, (that) heartache …
عِشْق پَر زور نَہِیں ہے ، یہ وہ آتِش ، غالِب … [ x2 ]
کِہ لگائے نَہ لگے
اَور بُجھائے نَہ بنے [ x2 ]
نُکتَہ چیں ، ہے غَمِ دِل ،
اُس کو سُنائے نَہ بنے [ x2 ]
There is no control over love, this is that fire, Ghalib, … [x2]
… that starts with difficulty
and doesn't get to be extinguished [x2]
She is (such) a critic, (that) heartache …
doesn't get to be recited to her [x2]
About this song
- Singer
- Suraiya
- Lyrics
- Ghalib
- Music
- Ghulam Mohammed
- On screen
- Suraiya, Bharat Bhushan
nuktaa-chiiN hai Gam-e-dil (Hindi: नुक्ता-चीं है ग़म-ए-दिल, Urdu: نُکتَہ~چیں ہے غَمِ~دِل) "She is Such a Critic, that Heartache ..." is a Ghazal from the renowned Urdu power Ghalib, which was musicalized several times and sung by many famous singers, both in films and albums.
There is an iconic scene from the 1964 Bollywood film "Mizra Ghalib", starred by Bharat Bhushan as Ghalib and Suraiya as Moti Begum or "'Chaudhvin", an admirer of the poet.
In the movie, the poet walks by and hears Moti Begum on a balcony reciting his poems.
The song was sung by Suraya herself.
The music director of the movie was Ghulam Mohammed.