Chalte chalte yunhi koi mil gaya – Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal singing Lata Mangeshkar classic “Chalte chalte yuhi koi” from Pakeezah 1972.
Chalte Chalte sung by Lata Mangeshkar became the defining song of the Hindi film Pakeezah. It embodied the story of the movie. A chance encounter led to almost a lifetime of waiting. The lyrics of the song are reproduced below, following which is a translation. It has been impossible to stick close to the words and in order to maintain the flow of thought I have had to take it verse by verse. A few of the crucial words are explained after the translation. In case anyone can come up with a better translation I will put it up with due acknowledgment.
Chalte chalte yunhi koi mil gaya lyrics
| Lyrics | Translation |
| Chalte chalte, chalte chalte | While walking, while walking |
| Yun hi koi mil gaya tha | I met someone by chance |
| Yun hi koi mil gaya tha | I met someone by chance |
| Sare raah chalte chalte | Walking around the path |
| Sare raah chalte chalte | Walking around the path |
| Wahin thamke reh gayi hai | Right there it stood still |
| Wahin thamke reh gayi hai | Right there it stood still |
| Meri raat dhalte dhalte | This night of mine, which is fading away |
| Meri raat dhalte dhalte | This night of mine, which is fading away |
| Joh kahi gayi na mujhse | What I was unable to say |
| Joh kahi gayi na mujhse | What I was unable to say |
| Woh zamaana keh raha hai | The world is saying that |
| Woh zamaana keh raha hai | The world is saying that |
| Ke fasana | A story |
| Ke fasana ban gayi hai | A story has been created |
| Ke fasana ban gayi hai | A story has been created |
| Meri baat chalte chalte | From those words of mine |
| Meri baat chalte chalte | From those words of mine |
| Yun hi koi mil gaya tha | I met someone by chance |
| Yun hi koi mil gaya tha | I met someone by chance |
| Sare raah chalte chalte | Walking around the path |
| Sare raah chalte chalte | Walking around the path |
| Yun hi koi mil gaya tha | I met someone by chance |
| Sare raah | Around the path |
| Chalte chalte, chalte chalte | While walking, while walking |
| Sare raah | Around the path |
| Chalte chalte, chalte chalte | While walking, while walking |
| Chalte chalte, chalte chalte | While walking, while walking |
| Yun hi koi mil gaya tha | I met someone by chance |
| Yun hi koi mil gaya tha | I met someone by chance |
| Shab-e-intezaar aakhir | The night of waiting |
| Shab-e-intezaar aakhir | The night of waiting |
| Kabhi hogi mukhtasar bhi | Will after all shorten soon |
| Kabhi hogi mukhtasar bhi | Will after all shorten soon |
| Yeh chirag | These lamps |
| Yeh chirag bujh rahe hai | These lamps are dying |
| Yeh chirag bujh rahe hai | These lamps are dying |
| Mere saath jalte jalte | As they burn alongside me |
| Mere saath jalte jalte | As they burn alongside me |
| Yeh chirag bujh rahe hai | These lamps are dying |
| Yeh chirag bujh rahe hai | These lamps are dying |
| Yeh chirag bujh rahe hai | These lamps are dying |
| Yeh chirag bujh rahe hai | These lamps are dying |
| Yeh chirag bujh rahe hai | These lamps are dying |
| Yeh chirag bujh rahe hai | These lamps are dying |
| Mere saath jalte jalte | As they burn alongside me |
| Mere saath jalte jalte | As they burn alongside me |
| Yun hi koi mil gaya tha | I met someone by chance |
| Yun hi koi mil gaya tha | I met someone by chance |
| Sare raah chalte chalte | Walking around the path |
| Sare raah chalte chalte | Walking around the path |
Movie : Pakeezah 1972
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Music by : Ghulam Mohammad
Pakeezah 1972
Pakeezah (transl. Pure) is a 1972 Indian film, written and directed by Kamal Amrohi, who was known for his perfectionism. The music is by Ghulam Mohammed and Naushad Ali. The film starred Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Nadira, D.K. Sapru and Veena . Meena Kumari’s performance as a gold-hearted Lucknow nautch-girl drew major praise. However, this was to be Meena Kumari’s last great performance.
Kamal Amrohi’s PR man said: “Shah Jahan made Taj Mahal for his wife, Kamal Amrohi wanted to do the same with Pakeezah.” The concept, Kamal Amrohi says was irretrievably fixed with his love for his wife Meena Kumari. According to Kamal Amrohi, he hoped to create a film which would be worthy of her as an actress, and worthy of the love he felt for her as a woman. Meena Kumari regarded the film as Kamal Amrohi’s tribute to her.
The film tells the story set in Muslim Lucknow at the turn of the 20th century, its central character is a Lucknowi nautch-girl, for her to fall in love was forbidden, it was a sin she was told, a nautch-girl is born to delight others such is her destiny and yet her restless soul could not suppress her surging desire – To Love and Be Loved. It was ostensibly (perhaps loosely) based on Kamal Amrohi and Meena Kumari’s own love story.
