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
October 25, 2008 at 12:14 am
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
November 7, 2008 at 7:58 am
I will give it a try, for sure.
December 16, 2008 at 6:05 pm
‘chilmanon’ means eye lashes, or in hindi ‘aakhon ki palken’
Correct me if I’m wrong.
May 5, 2019 at 11:20 pm
It means curtains
December 18, 2008 at 8:49 pm
@Bal
I think you are right :). Will find the meaning of another word and then update the post.
January 29, 2009 at 6:06 pm
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….
December 5, 2013 at 9:44 am
I’d be interested in a more thorough translation as well!
January 20, 2014 at 9:22 pm
I m working on famous ghazals translations in detail, soon to b published in my blogs on mouthshut.com
January 20, 2014 at 9:20 pm
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
December 13, 2014 at 4:46 pm
1. 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.
2. 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.
December 13, 2014 at 4:53 pm
(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.
November 14, 2018 at 4:33 pm
“chand ki kirno se ithlao” what does it mean?