One of my all time favourite songs. Beautifully sung by Musarrat Nazir. Awesome lyrics:
chale to kat hi jeyga safar ahista ahista
hum uske paas jate the magar ahista ahista
abi taaron se khelo chand ki kirno se ithlao milegi uske chehre ki sahar ahista ahista
(ithlao - play with)
dareecho ko to dekho chilmanon ke raaz to samjho uthayenge parda haye baam-o-dar ahista ahista
(dareecho - ?,chilmanon - ?, baam - housetop or roof, dar - door)
yun hi ik roz apne dil ka qissa b suna dena khita ahista ahista nazar ahista ahista
(khita - to address)
chale to kat hi jeyga safar ahista ahista
Comments
Comment by kat on 2008-10-25 00:14:16 +0530
hi i was wondering if you could supply an english translation for this song?? i like it a lot but am not sure of all the words in translation, thank you
Comment by Sidhu on 2008-11-07 07:58:51 +0530
I will give it a try, for sure.
Comment by Bal on 2008-12-16 18:05:32 +0530
‘chilmanon’ means eye lashes, or in hindi ‘aakhon ki palken’
Correct me if I’m wrong.
Comment by Sidhu on 2008-12-18 20:49:19 +0530
@Bal
I think you are right :). Will find the meaning of another word and then update the post.
Comment by Aman…. on 2009-01-29 18:06:44 +0530
Bal,
Chilman means , sort of blind which cover and make nothing visible. You must have heard, tumhari palkon ki chilmnon mein! Its sort of blinds!
Cheers
Aman….
Comment by Sairah on 2013-12-05 09:44:07 +0530
I’d be interested in a more thorough translation as well!
Comment by Azeem on 2014-01-20 21:20:16 +0530
for the meaning of famous ghazals follow my blogs on mouthshut.com, and FYI chilman means a screen often used for eyelashs in poetry
Azeem
Comment by Azeem on 2014-01-20 21:22:34 +0530
I m working on famous ghazals translations in detail, soon to b published in my blogs on mouthshut.com
Comment by akhtar on 2014-12-13 16:46:02 +0530
Daricha : Its a balcony on 1st floor of a house. Some times it is only a window. however, it is an opening towards outside of house for viewing purpose. If you look through it a bystander will see your upper half only.
Chilmon : It is a blind made of wooden strips and used to cover the Dericha. A person standing behind a chilmon is not fully seen. This word is used to describe anything which does not completely hides and does not complete show.
Comment by akhtar on 2014-12-13 16:53:08 +0530
(khita – to address)
…. The word here is KHITAB. not khita. you have missed B in the end. It surely means : To address. Khita or Khata means mistake. therefore plz correct.
Comment by Arjun Gosai on 2018-11-14 16:33:28 +0530
“chand ki kirno se ithlao” what does it mean?
Comment by Ash on 2019-05-05 23:20:26 +0530
It means curtains