Raat Ki Hatheli Par Song Lyrics and Translation
From the movie – Refugee
chorus
raat ki hatheli par chaand jagmagaata hai…
On the palm of the night, the moon glitters.
uski narm kirnon mein tumko dekhta huun to
In its soft rays, I look at you, and
dil dharak-sa jaata hai…
my heart starts to pound.
raat ki hatheli par chaand jagmagaata hai…
On the palm of the night, the moon glitters.
tum kahaan se aayi ho kis nagar ko jaao’gi…
Where have you come from; what city are you going to?,
sochta huun main hairaan
I wonder, astounded.
chaand jaisa yeh chehara
that this face is like the moon;
raat jaisi ye zulfein
these locks of hair, like the night.
hain jagaaye sau armaan
A hundred desires have awakened within me!
ik nasha sa aankhon mein dhire dhire chhaata hai
(The sight of your face is like) a narcotic that gradually clouds my eyesight.
chorus
meri is tanhaayi mein mere is viraane mein…
Into my loneliness, into this place of desolation,
rang leke tum aayi
you came, bringing such color!
phir bhi sochta huun main
Even so, I wonder,
kya yahaan tum sach-much ho
are you really here,
ya ho sirf parchhaayi
or are you only an illusion,
khwaab jaise banta hai aur TuuT jaata hai
like a dream that is formed only to be destroyed?
chorus
About the movie – Refugee
A young man who smuggles illegal weapons and people back and forth over the borders between India and Pakistan falls in love with a young woman whose family he helped.