زِنْدَگی مَوت نَہ بَن جائے

zindagii maut na ban jaae

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زِنْدَگی مَوت نَہ بَن جائے

Let Life Not Become Death

زِنْدَگی مَوت نَہ بَن جائے ، سنبھالو یارو [ x2 ]

کھو رہا چین و امن [ x2 ]

مشکلوں میں ہے وطن [ x2 ]

سر فروشی کی شمع دِل میں جلا لو یارو ، یارو ، یارو

زِنْدَگی مَوت نَہ بَن جائے ، سنبھالو یارو

Comrades, get a grip, Let life not become death [x2]

Peace is being lost [x2]

The country is trouble [x2]

Friends, light the lamp of zeal in your heart

Comrades, get a grip, life should not become death [x2]

ایک طَرَف پیار ہے ، چاہت ہے ، وفا داری ہے

ایک طَرَف دیس میں … دیس میں …

ایک طَرَف دیس میں دھوکا ہے ، غدّاری ہے

بستیاں سہمی ہوئی ، سہما چمن سارا ہے

غم میں کیوں ڈوبا ہوا آج سب نظارہ ہے

آگ پانی کی جگہ ابر جو برسائیں گے

لہلہاتے ہوئے سب کھیت جُھلَسْ جائیں گے

جائیں گے ، جائیں گے

کھو رہا چین و امن [ x2 ]

مشکلوں میں ہے وطن [ x2 ]

سر فروشی کی شمع دِل میں جلا لو یارو

On the one side there is love, affection, loyalty

on the side, in the country … in the country …

on the other side in the country there is deception, dishonesty

The populations are frightened, all the garden is frightened

Why is every look is submerged in sorrow today?

If the clouds will rain fire instead of water

all verdant fields will be scorched,

will be, will be (scorched).

Peace is being lost [x2]

The country is in trouble

Comrades, light the lamp of zeal in your heart

زِنْدَگی مَوت نَہ بَن جائے ، سنبھالو یاروں [ x2 ]

کھو رہا چین و امن [ x2 ]

مشکلوں میں ہے وطن [ x2 ]

سر فروشی کی شمع دِل میں جلا لو یاروں

زِنْدَگی مَوت نَہ بَن جائے ، سنبھالو یاروں [ x2 ]

Comrades, let life not become death [x2]

Peace is being lost [x2]

The country is in trouble [x2]

Friends, light a candle of zeal in your heart

Comrades, life should not become death [x2]

چند سِکّوں کے لِئے ، تُم نَہ کَرو کام بُرا

نَہ کَرو کام بُرا [ x4 ]

ہر بُرائی کا صَدا ہوتا ہے اَنْجام بُرا

ہر بُرائی کا ہوتا ہے بَس

اَنْجام بُرا [ x6 ]

Don't you do bad deeds for a few coins

Don't do bad deeds [x4]

Of (for) every bad deed, there is always a bad conclusion

For every and all bad deed, there is simply

a bad ending [x6]

جرم والوں کی کَہاں عُمْر بَڑی ہے یارو ؍ یاروں

انکی راہوں میں سَدا مَوت کھڑی ہے یارو ؍ یارو

ظُلم کَرْنے سے صَدا ظُلم ہی حاصل ہو گا

جو نَہ سَچ بات کہے وہ کوئی بُزدل ہو گا

سر فروشوں نے لہُو دے کے جِسے سِینچا ہے

اَیسے گلشن کو اجڑنے سے بچا لو یارو

سر فروشی کی شمع دِل میں جلا لو یارو ، یارو ، یارو ، یارو

Comrades, where is it (ever) long, the age of the criminals?

Comrades, in their paths, death always has stood

By doing injustice, there will be always only a result of injustice

Anyone who doesn't speak the truth, will be a coward

What is irrigated with the blood the zealous ones have given,

comrades, save such garden from getting devastated!

Comrades, comrades, light the lamp of zeal in your heart!

زِنْدَگی مَوت نَہ بَن جائے ، سنبھالو یارو [ x2 ]

کھو رہا چین و امن [ x2 ]

مشکلوں میں ہے وطن [ 2x ]

سر فروشی کی شمع دِل میں جلا لو یارو

زِنْدَگی مَوت نَہ بَن جائے ، سنبھالو یارو [ x4 ]

Comrades, get a grip, Let life not become death [x2]

Peace is being lost [x2]

The country is in trouble [x3]

Friends, light the lamp of zeal in your heart

Comrades, Let life not become death [x4]

About this song

Singers: Sonu Nigam, Roop Kumar Rathod
Lyrics: Israr Ansari
Music: Jatin-Lalit
On screen: Aamir Khan

zindagii maut na ban jaae (Hindi: ज़िंदगी मौत न बन जाए, Urdu: زِندگی مَوت نہ بن جائے) "Let Life not Become Death" is a song from the 1999 Indian action drama "Sarfarosh"

The music of this song (as well as all the movie soundtrack) was composed by the duo Jatin–Lalit, and the lyrics were written by Israr Ansari. The singers are Sonu Nigam and Roop Kumar Rathod.

The song is played during the beginning and closing credits, no actor lip-syncs it.

The movie tells the story of Ajay (Aamir Khan), an Assistant Police Commissioner from Mumbai, who tries to stop a Pakistani-sponsored gang of criminals, and especially the shipments of arms being smuggled for them.

The movie was released at shortly before the Kargil Conflict between India and Pakistan, at a time where tension between the two countries was high. The song's lyrics are full of appeals to heroism and patriotism.

The word sar-farosh, which is also the title of the movie, is used repeatedly in the song.

This word, of Persian origin, literally means "head seller", meaning one who is willing to put his life on the line, to risk his head.

It is an adjective that can also be translated as "heroic, zealous, fervorous".

The word sar-faroshii is the abstract noun corresponding to sar-farōś, so it can be translated as "fervor", "heroism", "zeal".

It is also used in the song:

sar-faroshoo kii shamaa dil meN jalaa lo yaaro light the flame of zeal in your heart, comrades!

Curiously, the English translation normally given to the movie title, "Sarfarosh", is "Fervour", which is wrong. "Fervor" would be sar-farōśī.

The lyrics appeal to defend one's country from danger. Several typical words and expressions are used to describe what is at risk:

desh: the normal Hindustani word for "country" watan: is an Arabic word meaning "country, homeland" lahalhaate khet: verdant/undulating fields chaman : garden (parterre) gulshan: flower-garden bastiyaaN: the populations, the settlements (with the nuance of being small, rural) chain-o-aman : "peace and calm" (as both words are similar in meaning, this izafat construction is normally translated as just "peace'). sar-faroshoN ne lahuu de ke jise siiNchaa hai: what has been irrigated with the blood of the heroic ones

The movie was a commercial success and the song is remembered in India even today.

During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, when strict house confinement measures were imposed, a video clip became viral of Pune policeman singing this song to encourage people to stay indoors.