تیرے صدقے بَلَم
tere sadqe balam
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تیرے صدقے بَلَم
For your own sake, beloved!
تیرے صدقے بَلَم نَہ کَر کوئی غم
یہ سماں یہ جہاں پِھر کَہاں
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For your own sake, beloved, let no grief weigh you down!
When will this moment, this world, ever come again?
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دِن ہَیں سُہانے پِھر کون جانے آئے نَہ آئے بہار
تُو غم کو پی لے دم بھر کو جی لے
دُنیا کا کْیا اِعتبار
ہو جی پِیا دُنیا کا کْیا اِعتبار
The days are lovely, but who knows if spring will return?
Suppress your sorrow, live each breath to the fullest,
What trust can we place in this world?
Oh, live, my love! What trust can we place in this world?
کانٹوں میں دامن الجھے نَہ ساجَن
پُھولوں میں ہنس کے گُزار
تھوڑی ہنسی ہے تھوڑی خُوشی ہے
دُکھ زِنْدَگی میں ہزار
ہو جی پِیا دُکھ زِنْدَگی میں ہزار
Let your robe not snag on thorns, O beloved,
Pass through the flowers, laughing.
A little laughter, a little joy,
(But) a thousand sorrows in life.
Oh, for your sake, love—a thousand sorrows in life!
نَیّا مِلن کی مَوجیں پون کی
کہتی ہَیں مُجھ کو پُکار
گَاتا چَلا چَل ہنستا چَلا چَل
جِیون کی نَدِیا کے پار
ہو جی پِیا جِیون کی نَدِیا کے پار
The boat of (our) union, the waves of the wind,
Call out to me with their song.
Walk on, singing, laughing,
across the river of life.
Oh, for your sake, love — across the river of life!
About this song
- Lyrics
- Shakeel Badayuni
- Music
- Naushad
- On screen
- Madhubala, Dilip Kumar
tere sadqe balam (Hindi: तेरे सदक़े बलम, Urdu: تیرے صدقے بَلَم) "For your own sake, beloved" is a classic Bollywood song from the 1954 film Amar, with music by Naushad and lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni.
In the film's pivotal scene, Anju Roy (Madhubala), an educated upper-class woman, sings this to console his fiancé, the tormented lawyer Amarnath (Dilip Kumar) - unaware that his guilt stems from raping Soniya (Nimmi), a poor orphaned village girl. The song's poetic verses about "cheering up", "seizing the day", and "letting go of sorrow" become devastatingly ironic, contrasting with Amarnath's unconfessed crime.