Maahi Ve: Lyrics Translation, [Highway]

Since the song here seemed to demand some notes, I have added them in brackets, italicized [like this]. If you wish to read only the translation, skip those parts and the rest of the lines will make the translation.

Movie: Highway
Music and Singer: A R Rahman
Lyrics: Irshad Kamil

Dhoop paani pe baras jaaye..
Ye saaye banaaye, mitaaye
Main kahoon, aur tu aa jaaye, behlaaye
Har doori sharmaaye
Tu saath hai, ho din raat hai
Parchhaaiyan batlaaye(in)
Sunshine raining on water..
It creates shadows, removes them,
[as if someone is playing, doodling and removing and creating more]
I call, and you come (for me), pacify me,
and every distance between us gets embarrassed
[as in, all these physical distances become meaningless.]
you're with me, and so, the days and nights are there,
(that is what these) shadows tell me..

Tu saath hai, o din raat hai
Saaya saaya, maahi ve! maahi ve!
Meri har baat mein saath tu hai
Mahi Ve.. Maahi Ve..
Mere saare haalaat tu
Maahi ve aye aye ye.. o..
Maahi vay aye aye ye.. o..
you're with me, and so the days and nights are there,
every shadow (tells me), O beloved, O beloved..
In every thought/deed of mine, you're with me,
O beloved, O beloved..
You're all my situations
[that is, you're the reason of all my situations, and you're there in them all too. This is not explicitly said, but more of an implied meaning here.]
O beloved, O beloved..

Haaye sataaye, manaaye, sataaye
Tu.. rulaaye, hansaaye.. bhi tu hi
Humsaaye.. har doori sharmaaye
you pester me, you cajole me, pester (again),
make me cry and make me laugh too.
O close one, every distance feels embarrassed
[in the same context as earlier, the distance is meaningless as despite the distance he finds his beloved close.]

Tu saath hai, ho din raat hai
Parchhaaiyan batlaaye
Tu saath hai, ho din raat hai
Saaya saya, maahi ve, maahi ve!

Mere sab raaz, kal-aaj, tu hai
Maahi ve.. maahi vay..
Meri har udaan ek tu
You're all my secrets, my tomorrow and today,
O beloved, O beloved..
You're every flight of mine..

[Just wondering if the first line was 'meri parvaaz' earlier. It means Udaan, and would go perfectly with the rhyming words, sab raaz, kalaaj, parvaaz.]

Maahi ve aye aye ye.. o..
Maahi vay aye aye ye.... o..

Ye jeena bhi, naa jeena bhi
Hai dono ka tum se hi vaasta
O.. main hi to hoon tera pataa
Hai doosra naa koi raasta
Aaye mujh tak wo tum ko jo ho dhoondhta
Meri khaamoshiyon mein hai tu bolta
Ye jeena bhi, naa jeena bhi
Jo bhi hua hai wo tum se hua...
This living, or even not living,
both are related to you only.
It's me only who is your address
there is no other way (to reach you)..
Whoever looks for you, should come to me only,
You speak in my silences,
This living, and not living too,
whatever has happened has happened from you alone.

[There, one interesting thing. As you might see in some songs of Rahman, especially with Irshad writing, the songs with a call to the beloved also get spiritual in nature. This whole paragraph here can be addressed to God and it will make as much sense, and maybe more sometimes. 'Me', the human, is the way to reach 'Him'. and 'He' speaks in my, the human's silences.]

Sooha Saha Amma ka Lyrics Translation [Highway]

Movie: Highway

Music: A R Rahman
Lyrics: Irshad Kamil
Singers: Zeb (of Zeb and Haniya), Alia Bhatt

Maina ne sooha saaha le jaana khoye ki
Meethi meethi kheti mein khelan ho..
Totaa bole pedon pe, ped se, poodi se
Sooha saaha neendan mein okha na ho
Sangi saathi, hang soone thaare ho na ho*
Sooha saaha, amma ka..
Sooha saaha, amma ka..

Sparrow will take the red rabbit to play 
in the sweet farms of milk solids..
parrot speaks on trees, to tree, to poodi,
that the red rabbit shouldn't be finding it hard to sleep..
maybe there are your friends there or not,
the red rabbit of mother..
the red rabbit of mother..

Raina...
Kaare kaare koylaan si raina
Neendi tola, tola si lai na
Taaron ka bichhona.. chain se sona
Night,
night like black coals,
Take (gold like) small, small sleep.. 
[tola is a traditional measurement of gold, almost 10 grams]
bedding of stars, sleep with peace..

Gota gota gudri mein ghoomega ghaamega
Sooha saaha maina ne le jaana ho..
he'll roam wearing shiny patched clothes,
red rabbit which the sparrow has to take..

Toota.. taara sa
Chhota sa, taara sa.. toota re..
Poochhe wo dekhun teri baari
Kyun na soye, kyun tu roye
Kyun tu khoye yoon pardes mein ho..
Broke, as if some star,
small one, some star seemed to break, [shooting star is called breaking of star in Hindi]
It asks me if I wait for your turn..
Why do you not sleep, why do you cry,
why do you get lost in foreign land like that..

Kyun tu rootha, kis se rootha
Kya hai chhoota tera des mein ho..
Why are you angry, and angry with whom?
What is left of yours in (our native) country?

Jo bhi hai rookha-sookha
Mann mein wo bolo toh
Kholon raahein baaton ki, baahein ho..
Whatever dry you have
in your heart, say..
open the paths, the arms of talks.. 

[rookha-sookha is used for butterless food in India, which was considered food of poor people as they were not able to afford ghee, the commonly used purified butter.]

Tu Kuja Man Kuja [Highway] Lyrics Translation

Movie: Highway

Music: A R Rahman
Lyrics: Irshad Kamil
Singer: Sunidhi Chauhan

Tu kuja man kuja..
Tu kuja man kuja..
Tu kahaan.. main kahan..
Tu kahan.. main kahaan..
Where are you, where am I?
Where are you, where am I?

Kirpa (kripa) drishti mujh pe bhi ho maharaja
Anginat chintaon ne gheraa
Aastha hai jo vyatha hai wo harega tu
Sun meri bhi koi na mera
O Lord, have sight of your mercy on me too,
uncountable worries have covered me..
I have faith that whatever my problem is, you'd end it..
Listen to me too, there is no one mine..

Tu kuja man kuja..

Hain bhay bhyankar
Path mein kankar Maharaja
Mujh adham se kyon tune mukh phera
Main dharaatal se pukaarun haath de apna
Sun meri bhi koi na mera..
I have great fears,
and there are obstacles in my path, O Lord,
Why have you turned your face away from lowly me..
I call from the earth, give me your hand,
Listen to me too, there is no one mine..

Nirdhanon ka dheer tu hai
Nirbalon ka bal
Sun meri bhi koi na mera..
Main jagat mein laapata
Mera tu pata..
Main kahaan batla..
Main ekaaki de dayaa ki bheekh raja
Hai adhar mein shvaas bhi mera
You're the patience of the poor,
the strength of the weak..
Listen to me too, there is no one mine..
I am lost in the world,
you are my address..
Tell me where I am..
I am alone, give me the alms of mercy, O Lord,
Even my breath is stuck midway..

Tu kuja man kuja..

Main Kahan kahaan
Main Kahaan kahaan
Ghanghor hain andhiyare
Sab roothe hai ujiyaare
Tan toote, man haare
Kismat ke doobe taare
Koi kiran dikhla re
Hain soone path saare
Main ekaaki de daya ki bheekh raja
Kya tujhe aabhaas bhi mera..
Where, where am I,
Where, where am I..
The darkness is dense,
all lights are angry with me
My body is breaking, and my heart loses (faith)
The stars of my luck are drowned..
Show me some ray (of hope)
All the paths are lonely..
I am alone, give me the alms of mercy, O Lord,
Do you even have an idea of me (that is, my existence, or have you made and completely forgotten me)..

Tu kuja man kuja..

Heera Lyrics Translation [Highway]

Heera. A collection of three dohas of Kabeer, about diamond, for the film Highway. The music is given by A R Rahman, and the collection could have been a selection of Irshad Kamil, the lyricist and/or Imtiaz Ali. Anyway, here are the words with all the meanings and English Translation. Hope you enjoy them. Please share them with your friends if you like the effort. Thanks.

Heera soi saraahiye
Sahe ghanan Ki choT
KapaT kurangee maanva
Parkhat nikra khoT
Translation:

Only that diamond is praiseworthy 
which can bear the blows of a hammer.
Fraud, deceptive men (who try to look better than they are)
are found to be bad when when tested.


Heera tahaan na kholiye
Jahaan kunjadon ki haaT
Sahaj gaanthri maari ke
Lage apni baaT
Don’t open a diamond
In the vegetable market
Just tie it safely (keep it safe)
and wait for your turn..

Heera para bajaar mein
Raha chhaar laptaaye
keetehi moorakh pachhe mohe
Koi Parakhi Liya Uthaaye

Diamond was fallen in the marketplace,
with ash sticking on it.. [so it looked like some random stone.]
how so many idiots passed me,
some expert picked me up..

Patakha Guddi Lyrics Translation [Highway]

Once again, Dunkdaft did it with the speed of light. Another Rahman song, after all. But then, that helps me, because a Rahman song keeps getting better and more refined. So I read his translation and checked a few more versions of lyrics and of course listened to the song and in that the confusing words numerous times and corrected a few things here and there and refined all that I could, to get what is here for you. I still have doubt with two lines, one of which I am not able to hear clearly still. Hope the rest is correct. Please send your comments and we'll correct anything that's wrong.

Music: A R Rahman
Lyrics: Irshad Kamil
Singers: Nooran Sisters

Mitthe paan di gilauri,
Lathha suit da Lahori,
Fatte maardi billori,
Jugni mel mel ke, kood faand ke,
Chakk chakaute jaave..
A sweet preparation of betel leaf,
A length of Lahori (ladies') suits' cloth
The kitten having fun
[This is the description of the girl here, she is having a sweet paan and wearing a Lahori suit, hvaing fun]
The firefly, jumping and meeting all,
goes here and there in a moment..

Maula tera maali,
O hariyaali jungle waali,
Tu de har gaali pe taali,
Uski kadam kadam rakhwaali,
Ainweyi lok-laaj ki soojh soch ki
kyun hai aafat daali
Tu le naam rab da, naam saai ka
Ali Ali Ali Ali 
God is your gardener, [or caretaker, the meaning here]
O greenery of forests,
You clap on every swearing [as in, you just have fun]
and He (God) protects you at every step.
Why is the tension of all the regard of world and thoughts
there with you..
Just remember the maker, God,
Ali ali ali..

Sharf khuda ka, zarf khuda ka,
Ali Ali Ali Ali
Ali ho, Ali ho, Chali o re chali, chali, chali
Ali Ali, teri gali, wo to chali,
Ali Ali, teri gali, chali o..
[Sharf = Honour, Greatness]

Honour of God, Cup* of God, [zarf means cup, though doesn't seem to make straight sense here]
O Lord,
She comes, comes to your lane, O Lord..

O Jugni O, patakha guddi O,
Nashe mein ud jaaye re haaye re
Sajje khabbe dhabbe killi ho,
O firefly, O fiery doll,
Intoxicated she flies,
All over the places around.

Maine to tere tere utte chhaddiyaan doreyaan,

Tu to paak rab da baanka bachha
Raj dulara tu hi,
paak rab da baanka bachha
Uska pyaara tu hi
Maalik ne jo chinta di to, door karega wo hi
I have left the strings to You [So You will take care, O Lord]

You are a fearless kid of holy God,
His very dear kid..
Fearless kid of holy God,
You are his beloved kid,..
The tension God has given, He only will end it..

Naam Ali ka le ke tu to, naach le gali gali
Le naam Ali Ali, Ali ho, Ali ho,
Tu le naam rab da, naam saai ka,
Ali Ali Ali Ali
Chanting name of Lord, dance in streets,
chant Ali Ali,
Just say name of your God, your Lord,
Ali Ali Ali Ali..

Jugni rukh pittal da hoi,
Jis nu pooje ta har koi, *
Jisdi fasal kisi na boyi
Ghar bhi rakh sake na koi..
The Jugni has become a brass face,
who is worshipped by everyone,
Yet no one has seeded this plant,
and no one can keep her at home. [as in, in their control.]

Rasta naap rahi marjaani,
Patthi baarish da hai paani,
Jab nazdeek jahaan de aani,
Jugni maili si ho jaani..
The darned girl is roaming a lot,
She's rainwater, [patthi is like a swear word again]
When she comes near the real world,
She will be a little dirty..

[as in, she looks all pure, charismatic now, but in the real world, she'd lose her pureness, her charm.]

Tu le naam rab da Ali Ali,
Chal khale rann chali,
Naam rab da Ali Ali,
Har darwaaja Ali,
Just chant the name of Lord, Ali Ali,
Let's go to barren land,
name of Lord, Ali Ali,
At each doorstep, Ali.

Saayin re... Sai Re..
Maine to tere tere, utte chhaddiyan doriyaan..

Ali Ali: Highway Song [AR Rahman/ Nooran Sisters]

The much awaited trailer of Highway is out and a song by Nooran sisters is there in the trailer itself. The song is quite difficult to get as they sing the Punjabi words quite fast, but here is what I could get, with a working translation. When the CDs come out, will make the corrections if required. Till then this should help enjoy the song.

Lyrics by: Irshad Kamil

Haan, Mitthe paan di gilauri..
Lattha suit da lahori
fatte maardi Billori,
Jugni mail-mail ke kood faand ke
Chakk chakote jaave

A sweet preparation of betel leaf,
A length of Lahori (ladies') suits' cloth
The kitten hitting wood-planks,
[kitten is used for girl, hitting wood-planks is proverbial for having fun]
The firefly, jumping and meeting all,
She goes here and there in a moment..

bola tera maali
o hariyaali jungle waali
tu de har gaali pe taali us ki
kadam kadam rakhwaali
aile lok laaj ki soojh soch ki
kyun hai aankh thitholi
Tu le naam raab ka naam saayin ka
ali ali ali
naam raab ka naam saayin ka
ali ali ali ali..

Your gardener says
O greenery of forests,
You clap on every swearing of hers,
you protect her at every step..
Why is all the regard of world and thoughts
like fun to you,
[as in, why do you not care about what the world says, or what people generally think.]
You remember the maker, God,
Ali ali ali..
You remember the maker, God,
Ali ali ali..