Balam Pichkari Lyrics, Translation

Movie: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Singers: Vishal Dadlani, Shalmali Kholgade
Starcast: Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Kalki Koechlin

Itna maza kyun aa raha hai
Tu ne hawaa mein bhaang milaaya
Duguna nashaa kyun ho rahaa hai
Aankhon se meethaa tu ne khilaayaa

Why am getting so much fun,
Have you mixed bhaang in the air..
why am getting double intoxication,
have you fed me sweets with your eyes?

[Bhaang is a kind of marijuana, consumed especially on the festival of Holi, also, it is believed that if you eat sweets with something that intoxicates, its effect increases, and hence the lines]

O teri malmal ki kurtee gulaabi ho gayi
Manchali chaal kaise nawaabi ho gayi

Your velvet shirt has turned pink,
and what a mad, royal walk you've got..

To..
Balam Pichkaari jo tu ne mujhe maari
To seedhee saadee chhoree sharaabi ho gayi
Haan jeans pehan ke jo tu ne maaraa thumkaa
To lattu padosan ki bhaabhi ho gayi

So,
O beloved, when you colored me with a water gun,
this simple straightforward girl got drunk..
When you danced wearing a pair of jeans,
even the relatives of neighbors got mashed on you..

kyun no vacancy ki hothon pe gaali hai
Jab ki tere dil kaa kamraa to khaali hai

Why is there a swear word of 'No Vacancy' on your lips
when the room of your heart is empty..

Mujh ko pataa hai re, kya chahataa hai tu
boli bhajan teri, neeyat qawaali hai
Zulmi ye haazir jawaabi ho gayi
Tu to har taale ki aaj chaabi ho gayi

I know what you want,
you speak (as nicely as) prayer, but your intention is (different as, crooked as) a qawali,
your quick wit has become torturous,
you've become a key to every lock today..

Balam pichkari jo tune mujhe maari
To seedhi saadi chhori sharaabi ho gayi
Haan jeans pehan ke jo tu ne maaraa thumkaa
To lattu padosan ki bhaabhi ho gayi

Haan bole re zamaana, kharaabi ho gayi
bole re zamaanaa, kharaabi ho gayee..

Yes, the world says, it's all gone bad...

Subhanallah Lyrics Translation

Movie: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Singer: Sreeram Chandra

Ek din kabhee jo khud ko taraashay
Meri nazar se tu zaraa, haaye re
Aankhon se teree kyaa kyaa chhupaa hai
Tujh ko dikhaaoon main zaraa, haye re
Ik ankahee si daastaan daastaan
Kehne lagegaa aainaa
Subhanallah..
Jo ho raha hai pehlee dafa hai wallah
Aisa hua..

One day, if you sometime admire* yourself
from my eye,
What all is hidden from your eye,
I shall show you..
The mirror will begin to say an unsaid story
God is great,
whatever is happening, is for the first time,
O Lord..

[The context of Subhanallah - Glory be to God - here is that the poet/singer is praising God for making his beloved so beautiful.]

Meri khaamoshi se baatein chun lenaa
Unn ki Doree say taareefein bun lenaa

Kal nahee thee jo aaj lagtee hoon
Taareef meree hai khaamakhaa
Tohfaa hai teraa meri adaa

To pick up talks from my silence,
and weave praises from the thread (of these talks),
(as a result)
I today feel like what I was not until yesterday..
My praise is false..
My style is your gift (for praising me)..

Ek din kabhi jo khud ko pukaaray
Meri zubaan se tu zaraa, haye re
Tujh mein chhupee si jo shaayari hai
Tujh ko sunaaoon main zaraa, haye re
Ye do dilon kaa waasta waasta
Khul ke bataayaa jaaye naa
Subhanallah..

One day if you call yourself
from my tongue,
The poetry that is hidden in you,
I'll say that poetry to you..
This relation of two hearts,
cannot be said openly
[and so he'd be able to tell about it better with the help of poetry.]

* Taraashna means to chisel, the word is commonly used for jewels. However, the meaning that the lyricist seems to be taking here is to admire.

Illahi Lyrics Translation

Movie: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Singer: Mohit Chauhan/ Arijit Singh

Shaamein malang see
Raatein surang see
Baaghi udaan pe hi naa jaane kyun
Ilahi mera jee aaye aaye
Ilaahi mera jee aaye aaye

Evenings, as if they're mad,
nights like some tunnel..
I don't know why on rebel flights only,
O God, my heart comes..
O God, my heart is interested..

DaDa dang dang dung dung dang...

Kal pe sawaal hai
jeena filhaal hai
Khaanaabadoshiyon pe hi jaane kyoon
Ilahi meraa jee aaye aaye
Ilaahi mera jee aaye aaye

There is a question about tomorrow,
[as in, no one knows what happens tomorrow]
Living life is now.
I don't know why in nomadic ways only
I find my heart interested, O Lord,
my heart is interested..

Meraa falsafaa kandhe pe mera bastaa
Chalaa main jahaan le chalaa mujhe rastaa
Boondon pe nahin
Boondon ke samandar pe wo-o-wo-o..

My philosophy is - my bag is on my shoulders.
I go wherever the path takes me..
Not on the drops,
But the sea of drops itself..

Ilahi mera jee aaye aaye
Ilahi mera jee aaye aaye..

Shaamein malang si
Raatein surang si
Baaghi udaan pe hi na jaane kyun
Ilahi mera jee aaye aaye
Ilahi mera jee aaye aaye

Ilahii.. Ilahi.. Ilahi...

O God, O God.. O God..

Kabira Lyrics Translation

Movie: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Singers: Rekha Bharadwaj, Tochi Raina

Kabeera is one of the best songs of YJHD. The song is not just good with music, but the lyrics of the song are superb as well. Amitabh Bhattacharya has tried to do away with cliches like 'mitti ki sondhi khushboo' for a village and talks about the broken cot and milk cream, which are even more down to earth and true to village culture.


Kaisee teri khudgarzee
Na dhoop chune na chhaanv
Kaisee teri khudgarzee
Kisi thaur tike na paanv

How's this selfishness of yours,
that you don't take the sun, nor take the shade..
How's this selfishness of yours,
that your feet don't stay anywhere..

Ban liyaa apnaa paighambar
Tar liyaa tu saat samandar
Phir bhee sookhaa mann ke andar
Kyoon reh gaya
You've tried being your own god,
and crossed all seven seas,
Still, there is a draught within your heart,
Why is it so..

Re Kabeera maan jaa
Re Fakeera maan jaa
Aa jaa tujh ko pukaaray teri parchhaaiyaan
Re Kabira maan jaa
Re Fakeera maan jaa
Kaisa tu hai nirmohee kaisaa harjaaiyaa

O Kabira, listen to me..
O saint, believe me..
Come, your shadows call you [back]..
O Kabira, listen to me..
O saintly one, believe me..
What a loveless and ruthless person you are..

[Nirmohee is someone who doesn't have any love nor hatred, for anyone or anything. Someone who is neutral to the world and its happenings.]

Tooti chaarpaai wo hi
Thandi purvaai rastaa dekhe
Doodhon ki malaayi wohi
Mitti ki suraahee rastaa dekhe..

That broken cot,
that cool breeze from the east, awaits you..
That milk cream
and the earthen pot of cold water await you..

[Suraahee is an earthen pot with a long neck and keeps water cool.]

Kaisi teri khudgarzi
Lab namak rame naa misree
Kaisi teri khudgarzi
Tujhe preet purani bisri..
Mast Maula, mast Kalandar
Tu hawa kaa ek bavandar
Bujh ke yoon andar hi andar
Kyun reh gaya..

How's this selfishness of yours,
Neither salt nor sugar fit on your tongue..
How's this selfishness of yours,
that you have forgot old love..
O free man, free spirit,
you're a storm of wind..
then why have you ended
within yourself only..

Re Kabira maan jaa
Re Faqeera maan jaa
Aa jaa tujh ko pukaaray teri parchhaaiyaan
Re Kabeera maan jaa
Re Fakeera maan jaa
Kaisa tu hai nirmohi kaisa harjaiyaa...

Dilli Wali Girlfriend Lyrics Translation

Movie: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Music: Pritam
Lyrics: Amitabh Bhatatcharya
Singer: Arijit Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan

Tere liye hi to signal tod taad kay
Aaya dilli wali girlfriend chhod chhaad kay

For you oly, breaking all signals etc.
I came here, leaving my girlfriend from Delhi..

O teree aankh da ishaaraa mujhay fraud lagay
Tu to Majnoo aawaaraa by God lagay
The wink of your eye looks like a fraud to me..
By God, you look like a fake useless lover to me..

O kasmein waade kha ke apnee pocket money bachaa kay
Aaya tere liye paise waise jod jaad kay..
Making promises, and saving my pocket money,
I have come here, with some savings for you only..

Ghar waalon ko bhi bye-shai bol-baal kay
Aaya dilli wali girlfriend chhod-chhaad kay
I have said bye-etc to my folks,
and come here, leaving my girldfriend from Delhi..

Tere liye hi toh signal tod taad ke
Aaya Dilli wali girlfriend chhod chhad ke

O what a look, what a grace
Tenu hi karaan main chase
What a naksh, what a nayn
Dil teraa ho gayaa fan
What a smile, what a style..
Kabhee soft, kabhee rude kinnaa teraa attitude
O what a look, what a grace
I chase you only..
What a great face, what beautiful eyes,
The heart has become a fan of yours..
What a smile and what a style,
Sometimes soft and sometimes rude, I love your attitude..

Teri galee mein bhi aanaa start kar diyaa
Ik tere naam apnaa heart kar diyaa
Karne lagaa aankh matakkaa
Ab to aashiq ban gayaa pakkaa
I have begun to roam your street also,
I have written my heart in your name..
I have begun playing the games of love with you,
Now I have become a complete loverboy..

Aaj abhi maine teraa boycott kar diyaa
Teree saaree harkatein main to note karoon
Tujhe thaaney mein le jaa ke main report karoon
Today, now itself I boycott you..
I'll note all your mischieves
and report you in the police station..

Tu naa kar aise fight
Teraa mood main karoon light
Tujhay scene main dikhaa ke Gol mal ke
Don't fight like that,
I'll show you the scenes of Gol mal [the film]
and make your mood light..

Naam teraa hi likhaaya maine wedding card pay
Aaya dilli wali girlfriend chhod chhaad ke
Chal jhuttha.. mere liye signal tod taad kay
Aaya dilli waali girlfriend chhod chhaad ke
I got your name only written on the wedding card,
and come here, leaving my girlfriend from Delhi..
Go away, liar! as if for me you broke all the signals
and came here, leaving your girlfriend from Delhi..

Badtameez Dil Lyrics Translation

Movie: Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Music: Pritam Chakraborty
Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya

Paan mein pudeena dekhaa, naak ka nageena dekhaa
Chikni chameli dekhi, chiknaa kaminaa dekhaa
Chaand ne cheater ho ke cheat kiya
to saare taare bole, gili gili akkhaan..

I have seen Mint in betel leaf, seen stone of nosering,
I've seen sexy girls and handsome boys..
When the moon became a cheater and cheated,
all the stars said Gili Gili Akkhan..



Meri baat teri baat
Zyaada baatein buri baat
Thaali mein katoraa leke
Aaloo-bhaat, poori-bhaat
Mere peechhe kisi ne repeat kiyaa toh saala
Maine tere munh pe maara mukkaa

My talks, your talks
Talking more is bad thing
Keeping a pot in the plate
potato-rice and bread-rice
If someone repeats after me
I will punch you in the face..

Is pe bhoot koi chadhaa hai, theherna jaane naa
ab to kya buraa kyaa bhalaa hai, Fark pehchaane naa
Zid pakad ke khadaa hai kambakht, chhodna jaane naa

He's got a madness over him, doesn't know to stop..
Now what's good and what's bad, he doesn't get the difference..
It is insisting, not willing to leave..

Badtameez Dil, badtameez dil, badtameez dil,
maane naa..

This insolent, ill mannered heart,
doesn't listen (to me/anyone)..

Yeh jahaan hai sawaal hai kamal hai
Jaane naa jaane naa..

This world is a question and is very amazing
Nobody knows, nobody knows

Badtameez Dil, badtameez dil, badtameez dil,
maane naa..

Hawaa mein Havana dekhhaa
Dheemkaa falaana dekha
Seeng ka singhaada khaake
Sher ka gurraana dekha
Pooree duniya kaa gol-gol chakkar le ke
Maine duniyaa ko maaraa dhakkaa..

It saw Havana in the air
It saw this n that
Eating the water crestnut of the horn
It saw the lion's roar
Taking rounds of the whole earth
I pushed the world

Bollywood Hollywood, very very jolly good..
Rai ke pahaad par teen footaa lilliput
Mere peeche kisi ne repeat kiyaa toh saala
Maine tere munh pe maara mukkaa

Bollywood Hollywood, very very jolly good
lilliput of hight three foot on the molehill
If someone repeats after me
I will punch him..

Ayaashi ke one way se khudko
Modnaa jaane naa
Kambal bewajah yeh sharam kaa
Odhana jaane naa
Zidd pakad ke khadaa hai kambakht
Chhodna jaane naa

It doesn't know how to turn away
from the one way of ostentatious life
It don't know how to muffle
the blanket of shame
It is insisting
Not willing to leave..

Badtameez dil, badtameez dil
Badtameez dil..