Wednesday, April 20, 2011

English Translations of Lucky Ali's Songs


O Sanam/O Darling

Shaam sawere teri yaadein aati hain, Aa ke dil ko mere yun tadpati hain, O sanam! mohabbat ki kasam
Evening morning I remember you, My heart feels very nostalgic, O darling! I swear my love for you

Mil ke bichhurana toh dastoor ho gaya, Yaadoein mein teri mazboor ho gaya, O sanam! teri yaadoein ki kasam
Separation after meeting is a custom now a days, I am helpless because of you thoughts, O darling! I swear my feelings for you

Samjhe zamana ki dil hai khilona, Jana hai ab kya hai dil ka lagana, Nazaro se ab na humkon girana, Mar bhi gaye toh bhool na jana
World thinks that heart is a toy, I have come to know that what it is to put be obsessed by heart, Please don’t see me as a lower, Please don’t see me as a lower, Even if I die now, then don’t forget me

Aakhoein mein basi ho par door ho kahin, Dil ke kareeb ho ye mujhako hai yanki, O sanam! tere pyaar ki kasam
I can see your face in my eyes, But you are very far away, You are close to my heart, That’s the certainty, Oh darling! I swear by your love for me



Gori Teri Aankhein Kahein/O Loved One, Your Eyes Tell Me

Gori teri aankhein kahein… raat bhar soyee nahi… chanda dekhe chhupke kahin… aur taare jaante hain sabhi… ke kisne, dil le liya… kisko, dil de diya… yeh, dil ka lagaana koi jaanta nahi… gori teri aankhein kahein… raat bhar soyee nahi… 
O loved one, your eyes tell me… that you haven’t slept all night… the moon looks on while hiding somewhere… and all the stars know this too… about who took my heart away… and to whom did she give hers… no one knows, these matters of the heart… o loved one, your eyes tell me… that you haven’t slept all night…

Dil mein teri yaad basi, tu samjhega nahi… jo hain mere paas hai tera, mera kuch nahi… jo hain mere paas hai tera, mera kuch nahi… kyun akhiyaan chhupaun… kyun tujhko sataun… dil tod ke tera, main kya paun… bol piya, bol piya… bol piya bol, piya bol, piya bol… saajan teri baatein badee… ke main raat bhar soyee nahi… chanda ne bhi dekha nahi… aur taaro ko ye maloom nahi… ke maine, tujhe dil diya… tera dil le liya… mera, tu hi hain bahaana… kyun maanta nahi…
The heart is full of your memories, but you won’t understand… whatever is with me, is yours, nothing belongs to me… why should i lower my eyes… why should i tease you… and what shall i get by breaking your heart… tell me dear one, tell me… my love, your talks are way too many… so much, that I couldn’t sleep all night… neither did the moon see it… nor do the stars know anything about it… that I gave my heart away to you… and took your heart away… you are the reason for my being… why won’t you accept it…
 
Aate jaate mausam jaise,lagte the sabhi… humne bhi to manga rab se, apna bhi koi… duniya se bachaun… palkon mein chhupaun… dil jeet ke tera, sab ko bataun… sun gori, sun gori.. sun gori sun…  gori sun, gori sun… gori teri aankhein kahein… jaane anjaane mein kahin… chanda ne bhi dekha nahi… aur taaro ne bhi jaana nahi… ke tune mujhe dil diya… mera dil de diya… mera jeene ka bahana, koi aur nahi … gori teri aankh….
Seasons going past us used to pinch the heart… even we asked for that special someone from God…to protect you from the world… to hide you in my eyes… and to win your heart and scream from the rooftops… listen, o beautiful, listen… o loved one, your eyes tell me… that knowingly or unknowingly... neither did the moon witness it… nor do the stars lay testimony to the fact… that I gave my heart to you… and you took mine in return… and there’s no other reason for my existence… O loved one, your eyes tell...

 

Kitni Haseen Zindagi Hai/How Beautiful is This Life

Kitni haseen zindagi hai yeh,
Hoton pe jaise kahani hai,
Sadaa yahan kiska thikana hai?
Un ki rawani mein jaana hai
How beautiful is this life,
Like there is a story on my lips,
Who is going to live here forever?
We have to go to his abode,

Bahaaron ne har sou rang hai bikhairaa,
Ret ka sehra, ek pal ka ghera,
Ek din bikharnaa yahan
The atmosphere is filled with many colours,
The castle is built of sand,
One day it is sure to break

Dil bhi kahin hai pahaadon mein,
Thoda sa kahin hai kinaaron mein,
Phir ke chali hai yeh thandi hawaaein,
Kya tum miloge hum se jahaan leke jaaye?
Bheegi bheegi palken, kamsin adaayein,
Masoom chehra tera nahin bhool paaye
My heart is somewhere in the hills,
And somewhere near the shore,
The cold winds have started to blow again,
Will you meet me wherever I take you?
Misty eyes and teen gestures,
I can’t forget your innocent face

 Tumhe bhi kabhi ye satate hain?
Muskra ke dil ko churaate hain,
Jeene ko to dil yeh chaahta hai,
Jaane phir kyon sharmaata hai?
Rukta nahin hai, sab kuch bataaye,
Chupta nahin hai, dil jaan jaaye,
Ab rehna kisko yahaan?
Do they trouble you too?
Smile and steal your heart,
My heart yearns to live,
Then why does it feel so shy?
It can’t stop without telling everything,
I can’t hide, the heart will know,
Now who wants to stay here?



Tanhaai Mein Basi Hai Zindagi/Life Is Inhabited In Loneliness

Tanhaai mein basi hai zindagi, Kuch bhi nahin, kuch bhi nahin, Sach hai yahi , sach hai yahi, Aise kahan se Tu chal ke aa gayee, Mehki hawa teri sadaa, Sun to zara , sun to zara
life is inhabited in loneliness, there's nothing, there's nothing, this is the truth, this is the truth, from where did you come like this, bringing a sweet wind with you, listen a little, listen a little

Chala hoon main to teri chaah mein, Milenge jaane kisse raah mein, Kaha hai mere dil ne bhi yahi, Tumhi se judi hai ye zindagi, Iraada hai ke tumko paaoo main, Jo kehna chahoo kehte jaaoo main, Tum hi to umeed ho meri, Tumhi se judi meri har khushi
i am going in your want while wanting you (he means he has started going sumwer filled with the feeling of wanting her), we will meet who knows on what path, my heart has said the same this same thing, this life is bound to you, the intention is to obtain you, what i want to say i keep saying, you are my hope,my every happiness is bound to you

Kho gaye hai khayalon mein kahin, Tu bhi yahin main bhi yahin , jaana kahan , khabar nahin, Kisi ne to pukara hai mujhe, Kahin se to ishara hai mujhe, Ae dil mere chal chalen vahin, Aaj se nayee hai zindagi, Chala hoon main to teri chaah mein, Milenge jaane kisse raah mein, Kaha hai mere dil ne bhi yahi, Tumhi se judi hai ye zindagi
which is lost somewhere in thoughts, you're also here, i'm also here, where to go, no idea no news, someone must have called me, from somwhere i've been guided, oh my heart, let's go there, from today there's a new life, i am going in your want while wanting you (he means he has started going sumwer filled with the feeling of wanting her), we will meet who knows on what path, my heart has said the same this same thing, this life is bound to you



Aa Bhi Jaa/Come Already
 
Aa bhu jaa, aa bhi jaa, ae subaah aa bhi jaa…2, Raat ko kar vida, dilruba aa bhi jaa …2, Aa bhi jaa, aa bhi jaa, ae subaah aa bhi jaa
Come already, come already, bid goodbye to the night, my love come already, come already, come already, oh morning come already

Mere, mere dil ke paagalpan ki oh seema kya hai, Yun to tu hai meri, chhaaya tujh mein, ho, tera kya hai, Main hoon gagan tu hai zameen, adhoori si mere bina, Raat ko kar vida, dilruba aa bhi jaa, Aa bhi jaa, aa bhi jaa, ae subaah aa bhi jaa…2
My, what is the story of my heart's madness, you are mine, i am in you my shadow is in you, what's yours, i am the sky, you are earth, empty without me, bid goodbye to the night, oh my love come already, come already, come already, oh morning come already

Dekhoon chaahe jisko, kuch kuch tujhsa dikhta kyoon hai, Jaanoon, jaanoon na main, tera mera rishta kyoon hai, Kaise kahoon kitna bechain hai dil mera tere bina, Raat ko kar vida… aa bhi jaa
No matter who i look at, why does everything look a liitle lke you, to know, i dont know, why our relationship is, how do i say how unsetteled my heart is without you, to the night say goodbye.... Come already

 

Aahista Aahista/Slowly Slowly

Aahista aahista… mujhe yaqeen ho gaya… aahista aahista... yeh dil yahin kho gaya... Yun gira gira hai chand ya…? teri hai roshni…? yun udi udi si hai zameen... aahista...
Slowly… and slowly… i came to believe that… slowly… and slowly… i lost my heart to someone, somewhere… is it the moon that has desended so low?… or is it your radiance?… that the earth seems to be flying past us…. slowly…
Ho… ho… ho… ho… hua yeh pehli baar, ho… ho… ho… ho… mujhe ho gaya hai pyaar, Ho… ho… ho… ho… hua yeh pehli baar, ho… ho… ho… ho… mujhe ho gaya hai pyaar Ho… ho… ho… ho…
It happened for the first time… ho… ho… ho… ho… that i fell in love…, Ho… ho… ho… ho… It happened for the first time… ho… ho… ho… ho… that i fell in love… ho… ho… ho… ho…

Dekh loon yeh khwaab main… Ke raaton mein tu aa ke yeh kahega…ke tu ji rahi hai meri zindagi...Sochi kya baat hai...yeh ankhon se tu dheere se sunega...kyun na rok loon main yeh din yahin…
Now can i see the dream… that you’ll come up in the night and say that…t hat you are living my life now… the thoughts that came upon you… those you’ll know with your eyes, slowly reading me… why shouldn’t i pause this beautiful moment right now…

Kissi se bhi na… kahenge hum na… yahin pe kho jayenge... Yun gira gira hai chand ya…? teri hai roshni…? yun udi udi si hai zameen... Aahista…
We won’t let it be known… to anyone around us… we’ll lose ourselves in this moment… someone, somewhere… is it the moon that has desended so low?… or is it your radiance?… that the earth seems to be flying past us…. slowly…

Ho… ho… ho… ho… hua yeh pehli baar, ho… ho… ho… ho… mujhe ho gaya hai pyaar… Ho… ho… ho… ho…
It happened for the first time… ho… ho… ho… ho… that i fell in love… ho… ho… ho… ho…

Mujhse ik pal mila…yeh lamhe saare sab se chhupa lo… teri jo kahani suna chala… aur uss pal mein hi… tum aa ke mujhe apna bana lo… mujhko mera har ik kal mila… Phoolon ka hum na… le ke bichauna… khwabon mein kho jayenge…
A moment met with me… hide all these moments from everyone… which told me your story and went ahead… and in that very moment… come and make me yours forever… i got my each and every moment to come, in you… A bed of flowers… we should get one… and lose ourselves into dreams…

Ho… ho… ho… ho… hua yeh pehli baar, ho… ho… ho… ho… mujhe ho gaya hai pyaar… Ho… ho… ho… ho…
It happened for the first time… ho… ho… ho… ho… that i fell in love… ho… ho… ho… ho…

Aahista aahista… mujhe yaqeen ho gaya… aahista aahista... yeh dil yahin kho gaya... Yun gira gira hai chand ya…? teri hai roshni…? yun udi udi si hai zameen…? aahista… Ho… ho… ho… ho… hua yeh pehli baar, ho… ho… ho… ho… mujhe ho gaya hai pyaar…
Slowly… and slowly… i came to believe that… slowly… and slowly… i lost my heart to someone, somewhere… is it the moon that has desended so low?… or is it your radiance?… that the earth seems to be flying past us…. slowly… Ho… ho… ho… ho… It happened for the first time… ho… ho… ho… ho… that i fell in love…ho… ho… ho… ho…



कपिल चांडक/Kapil Chandak

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Friday, April 8, 2011

Stories and Reviews of Soulful and Refreshing Videos of Lucky Ali

Videos to complement lucky ali songs have always been refreshing and impressive. His videos have been shot all over the world. His videos having all colours of life, I love to watch them reason beings every time it makes me delighted and energetic. It brings me to an imaginary world, this world containing real people with real soul which is quite tough to find on earth where we live. It connects me to truth, hopes, dreams, pleasures, and finally bonds with almighty. :-)


"Why I choose exotic locales is because it makes good video sense. You enjoy seeing new places": Lucky Ali
 

O SANAM from SUNOH [1996]

This was the first video to be shot ever for a Lucky Ali song. This video was shot among one of the seven wonders of the universe. The video was shot by Mahesh Mathai (Lucky's childhood friend). It’s an egyptian mystery, bright blue eyes behind a burkha and the promise of a man who would take Indian pop out of the rut it was in. (Incidentally, they were short on cast, so the woman you barely see is actually Lucky Ali’s wife Masooma). This video stayed on the Mtv music charts for around 60 consecutive weeks.


STORY
This is a story about a key. In this album lucky ali has two birth in new birth lucky is a traveler and explorer and in old birth lucky was king of egypt.

Lucky does love someone. Her (his beloved) father has done something illegal so lucky ali puts him behind the bar lucky ali’s beloved steals the key to the jail later lucky ali comes to know about it. According to his rules he has to kill her and he kills his love with his own hands and lost in his memory forever (mil kar bichhudna toh dastoor ho gaya, yaadon mein teri mazboor ho gaya).

ANJAANI RAHOON MEIN from MERI JAAN HINDOSTAAN [1997]

This song is not from his regular albums. This song was included in the album Meri Jaan Hindustan. This album was produced to celebrate 50 years of Indian independence. The video was directed by Mani Shankar. The video features lucky as a young guy living in the countryside and trying to discover new meaning of life and move on. About the video Lucky says:

"The video of Anjaani Raahon Mein was a beautiful story in itself. It was done straight from the heart. It is very special to me"


This is a really heart touching video. It’s a story about young guy who is trying to discover his roots (anjaani raahon mein tu kya dhoondhta phire, door jisko samjha wo toh paas hai tere).

STORY
He stays beyond the sea for earnings without family. He lives abroad but still he has memories of his motherland. One day he starts for his village. On the way he meets several people, folks and joys. He travels in train, boat, and cart and makes new friends and makes them laugh. He reaches his village where his family and friends have been waiting for him. He warmly meets to villagers, kids and his friends and has got discovered real joy from simplicity. Now he is back and lives happily there forever.

 


DEKHA HAI AISE BHI from SIFAR [1998]
 

This was the first video from his second album Sifar. This video was also directed by Mahesh Mathai. This video was shot on the legendry Route 66 of the American highway in Arizona. The video features Lucky as a traveler searching for his inner self and asking questions about his existence.




STORY
In this song lucky ali is a nomadic person (As lucky ali is nomad at heart in his real life). He is messenger of love. He leaves his place for the search of love (pyaar ko hi manate chaley jana). He believes in keep walking and loves to go on and just wants to spare love everywhere (koi kehta hai ki ghar aa gaya hai, aarzoo bhi arz hai badhatey jana).


Lucky moves on for the search of love and peace. One day he meets a lady. She reminds him that he is back, he has been there before. He lost in memory of last journey in same place. He took bus, walked on; on the way he met a lady. She was treated like prisoner by her owner a old cruel women. She felt good because of freedom and liberty lucky had. Suddenly few cowboys started fighting there; he failed to understand why people do so? (hastey hasaatey yun subko manaate hum jaayenge, barson ki doori ko mil kar hum saath mitaayenge).

She started realizing that there is more to live. She ran away from her poor past for good. On the way lucky saw her when he was travelling on the bus. She was shaking her hand and saying bye to him. (dil ke jharokho mein ab bhi mohabbat ke saaye hai reh jaye jo baad mein hamare woh paaye hai).




NAHIN RAKHTA DIL MEIN from SIFAR [1998]
 

This was the second video from Sifar. This video was also directed by Mahesh Mathai for Highlight Films. This video features Lucky Ali a circus artist telling us about his aspirations, experiences and hopes.


STORY
This is ultimate story of life. Lucky is a clown whose job is making people laugh (baharo ke ghere se laya mein dil saja kar ek aisi sohbbat hai meri).

He loves a girl she is also circus artist. Her owner tortures her. Lucky gets dejected when he finds someone is sad. Lucky tries to make people smile all time. One day she is crying because of her pitiless circus owner. Lucky comes to her and gives her a flower and makes her happy. Suddenly their owner comes and forces her to climb on swing rope. Lucky refuses her but she has to climb unwillingly and falls down, gets dead. Lucky gets shattered.

After few days new artist comes in place of her but she is bad like circus owner. He wonders why people live in such way with hate and regret. He still tries to learn why people are changing every day. (rastey na badley na badley jahan phir kyon badley kadam hai yahan).




TERE MERE SATH from AKS [2000]

This is the first video to be shot from his third album Aks. This video has been shot among the residential parts of Havana the capital of South American country Cuba. This is the first time ever Lucky Ali has been seen dancing in his videos. About his dancing skills, Lucky says:


"I am not very good dancer. While dancing I feel as if I am a chicken whose feet have been tied and is struggling for freedom."


STORY
This is cheerful video with refreshing music which surely makes you shaking and rocking, brings you unseen world where only hopes, bliss and pleasures live.

In this video lucky is looking for a girl while driving his glorious big vintage red and white car. He is looking too cool, wearing sky blue short shirt and short trouser with sports shoes, has goggle hanging in white T-shirt. He starts singing and dancing and local people starts following him and quickly he has got big number of pleasurable folks around him. Finally the girl who he was looking for comes and dances with him. He feels good to find her and takes her away.



KITNI HASEEN ZINDAGI from AKS [2000]


This is the second video from the album Aks. This video has been shot mostly indoors and on outskirts of Mumbai. This is the first Lucky Ali video not to be directed by Mahesh Mathai. This one was directed by Aditya Basu Bhattacharya. This video features Lucky Ali and supermodel Malaika Arora Khan (Mtv V.J.) as childhood friends separated in due course of time.


STORY
This is beautiful video that tells how two childhood friends try to stay in contact with each other after long separation. Lucky ali and Malaika are friends but they are detached. Malaika becomes film star but Lucky can’t forget her and wants to meet her. He tries to reach her by sending email and letter. Malaika gets his mail and letter and smiles because she still remembers and loves him a lot.

 
TU KAUN HAI from AKS [2000]

‘Tu Kaun Hai’ Song from the album Aks was the theme song of the movie Bhopal Express which was directorial debut of Mahesh Mathai. This is not a regular video of Lucky Ali. Later the same song lucky included his third album Aks and took few glimpse form the movie Bhopal Express for its video.


STORY
The song features Lucky Ali singing clad in white over coat. The video includes the snaps from the movie “Bhopal Express” in the background. Earlier lucky sung the song for the same movie and later lucky included this in his third album Aks.





KABHI AISA HAI LAGTA HAI from KABHI AISA HAI LAGTA HAI [2004]

Kabhi Aisa Hai Lagta Hai was the first video to be shot from this album. This video was directed by Mahesh Mathai At Brazil. It was shot mostly in plane. (his fans know that lucky is also licensed pilot and flying plane his passion) Perhaps he’s mentally mountainous the skies, like he was in Mahesh Mathai’s music video of Kabhi Aisa Lagta Hai. But the song that record company T-Series has on the airwaves is another version of Video in 2004, directed by Rahul L Sud.

Lucky says “Other directors (he says about Rahul L Sud) come in to create something more in tune with a market's needs and I respect that, but I would always prefer the careful work that Mahesh puts into the videos.”

“I don't know Rah Sood. I have never met him, but I wish him all the best. As for Mahesh Mathai, I think we work well as a team. When a company releases another video, I like to think of it as a marketing strategy alone. Mahesh's work has always been layered. It is a question of art versus commerce in a way, because some of the earlier videos are well done but lost on a particular audience” He added.

But in late 2009 original video directed by Mahesh Mathai at Brazil was issued through Youtube this was supposed to be aired when album released in 2004.


STORY* of original video directed by Mahesh Mathai at BrazilThe original video has a beautiful story itself. Lucky Ali falls in love at first sight. Lucky was about to start for somewhere. He calls taxi at same time he sees a lady (She was miss Brazil in real life) standing on another side on road. Unexpectedly a bus comes and she goes by it. Lucky gets in taxi and entrances her memories as few days back how he met her first time in a public library where he helped to get her a book as she couldn’t reach to it because of height of shelf.


He reaches to airport and gets in plane; surprisingly she comes and takes a seat next to him and starts reading book, plane takes off, she puts down book and closes her eyes. Lucky becomes lucky and again starts daydreaming; in the dream she comes to meet him at cafe, where lucky is waiting for and he imagines of their romantic dating on beach. Plane lands and she goes outside but forgets to carry the book. Lucky looks at the book and smiles because this was the same book which she took from library.
 

TERI YAAD JUB AATI HAI from KABHI AISA HAI LAGTA HAI [2004]
 

Teri Yaad Jub Aati Hai, was the second video of this album. This video was directed by Mahesh Mathai at Brazil. It’s another beautiful and refreshing video, but record company T-Series issued another version of video for the same song in 2004, directed by Rahul L Sud. for which Lucky Ali was not even intimated.

About the video Lucky says “this music album is special to him as the lyrics of the second song - Teri yaad jab aati hai - came straight from the heart in memory of his brother Mackie who passed away last year”. Is that why he isn’t in the second video, Jab Teri Yaad Aati hai? No reply. This song is dedicated to his brother, Macky, who passed away a year back. ‘‘I don’t even see the point in having a video—the words are enough’’.

In April 2010 on huge demand of his fans, He released original video directed by Mahesh Mathai at Brazil through Youtube with another name i.e. Pyaar Tumse In this video lucky comes again with his soulful style. “I like to think that the video directors who work with me are always given the freedom to express themselves through their work, with my music.”


STORY* of original video directed by Mahesh Mathai at Brazil
In the original video Lucky Ali is a guitarist he plays it at Railway station where a lady sells flowers to the passengers. Lucky and lady loves one another. Lucky does notice that a man with beard around 60 comes daily, buys flowers and goes somewhere by train. One day Lucky and the Lady both chased him and saw that the man went into a cave, lit candles, called soul of his beloved one (ye dil tujhe na bhulaayega, Kya tu phir se laut aayega). It seemed, she came from heaven to dance with the man and he lost with her forever. Lucky and the lady stunned and felt the pain of losing true love (teri yaad jub aati hai, meri aankh bhar jaati hai, hum to bichhude yun mil mil ke, khwaab tooten hai aise dil ke).


 
Kapil Chandak
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