Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint

jinke sar ho ishq kii chha.nh

He whose head is in the shadow of love

pao.n ke niiche jannat hogi

will have heaven beneath his feet.

jinke sar ho ishq ki chha.nh

Whose head is in the shadow of love...

chal chhaiyya

Walk in the shadow.

pao.n jannat chale chal chhaiyyan

Walk in heaven, walk in the shadow.

vo yaar hai jo khushbuu kii tarah

There's a friend who is like a sweet fragrance,

jiskii zabaan Urdu kii tarah

whose words are like poetry (lit. Urdu, the language of poetry),

merii shaam raat merii qainaat

who is my evening, my night, my existence.

vo yaar mera saiyya saiyya

That friend is my beloved!

gulposh kabhii itarae kahii.n

Sometimes (my beloved) flirts like a flower,

mahake to nazar aa jaa'e kahii.n

so fragrantly that you may see her scent.

taawiiz banake pahanuu.n use

Having made it into an charm, I will wear it.

aayat kii tarah mil jaaye kahin

She shall be obtained as a miracle is obtained.

mera nagama vahii.n mera qalama vahii.n

She is my song, my declaration of faith

(kalama: the Muslim confession of faith, as in, "la ilaaha il allaah" - "there is no God but Allah").

(vo yaar hai jo imaam ki tarah)

(My friend is like a priest to me.)

mera nagama nagama mera qalama qalama

My song... my declaration of faith...

yaar misale.n os chale

She moves like the dew.

paon ke tale phirdaus chale

She walks with the garden of heaven beneath her feet,

kabhii Daal Daal kabhii paat paat

sometimes through the branches, sometimes amidst the leaves.

mai.n hawa pe DHuu.nDHuu.n us ke nishaan

I shall search the wind for her trail!

mai.n uske ruup ka sedaaii

I trade in her beauty.

vo dhuup chhaa.nho.n sa harjaaii Fickle,

she flits shamelessly from sun to shade.

vo shokh ra.ng badalta hai

She changes her bright colors;

mai.n ra.ng ruup ka saudaaii

I negotiate that as well