Song from one of my favorite films: Namastey London; Composed and Sung by Himesh Reshammiya, Lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar sb. Watch out for an awesome Rubab play in between, it’s captivating.
There’s a famous Punjabi couplet in the film that’s used to define love…
Ishq di mere mitra pehchaan ki,
Mit jaave jadon jid apnan di…
What else my friends, could be a sign telling that it’s true love?
It’s when one submits a desiring self for acceptance of beloved.
Poem and Translation:
Tera banega woh jo
tera nahi hai
Aye dil bata kyun tujhko,
itna yakeen hai
Yours will become the one
who’s yet not yours,
how come oh heart of mine,
this belief so sure?
Mere dil-e-beqarar
Haan dil-e-beqarar
Yahi hota pyaar hai kya?
Oh, the restless heart of mine,
reveal me in ache unquiet.
Is this what happens in love?
Khwaabon mein – koyi kyun
hai yuun rehta
Aye dil tu – kyun mujhse
hai yeh kehta
How come dreams of mine
are now taken over?
how come oh heart of mine,
you lost composure?
Woh mera rasta bhi hai,
aur woh hi manzil
Woh mera saagar bhi hai,
aur woh hi saahil
My beloved is a path of mine,
beloved is the destination.
Beloved is my ocean deep,
Beloved is the coastal seer.
Kaisi bata yeh
betaabiyaan hain
Hum chalte chalte
aye kahaan hain
Tell me what to make of it now
of all this distress,
Tracing the footsteps of my beloved,
I arrived in the wilderness.
Dil-e-beqarar
Mere Dil-e-beqarar
Yahi hota pyaar hai kya…?
Oh, the restless heart of mine,
reveal me in ache unquiet.
Is this what they call being in love?
Sunta hoon mein teri
yeh dastaan
Simtegi ek din toh
yeh dooriyaan
Whole day I keep listening
to your fantasies…
One day we may collapse
these distances…
Pal mere tum mein ae dil
koyi nahi hai
Tere zidd pe mere aye dil
sadd afreen hai
You carry no moment
for me, my heart…
Your stubbornness has
reached pinnacle of art…
Kyun yeh junoon hai,
kya justaju hai
Aakhir tujhe kyun,
yeh aarzoo hai
What kind of passion is this?
what sort of struggle is it?
To what end will you
just keep insisting…?
Dil-e-beqarar
Mere Dil-e-beqarar
Yahi hota pyaar hai kya…?
Oh, the restless heart of mine,
reveal me in ache unquiet.
Is this how one falls in love?
— Dedicated to the love unrequited.
Other renditions:
Serenades of a dreamer... 