Breathless

by doofus_maximus Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:54 am

Translation
Can TW or other check the translation and let me know that it is somewhat correct..

Oh yeah... please and thanks.

BREATHLESS
(artist: SHANKAR MAHADEVAN)

koii jo mila to mujhe aisa lagta tha	When I met someone, it seemed to me that
jaise merii sarii duniya me.n giito.n kii rut aur ra.ngo.n kii barkha	a season of songs, a rain shower of colors pervaded my whole world;
khusbuu kii aa.ndhii mahakii hu'ii sii ab saari fizaa'e.n	the whole atmosphere now scented by a whirlwind of fragrance,
bahakii hu'ii sii ab saarii havaa'e.n	all the breezes now staggering drunkenly.
koii hu'ii sii ab saarii dishaa'e.n	and someone in every direction, every element.
badalii hu'ii sii ab saarii adaa'e.n	All the world's ways were altered.
jaagii uma.nge.n dhaRak raha hai terii saa.nso.n me.n tuu	Elation waking, throbbing in your breath;
ka'ii hoTHo.n pe nagme hai.n	love songs on your lips;
aa.nkho.n me.n sapne hai.n	dreams in your eyes;
sapno.n me.n biite hu'e saare vo lamhe	in your dreams all those past moments
jab koii aaya tha nazaro.n pahachaaya tha	when someone came, and I recognized her (as my own).
dil me.n samaaya tha kaise mai.n bataa'uu.m tumhe.n	This someone settled into my heart; how can I explain to you
kaise use paaya tha	how I found her?
pyaare se chehare pe biiki biiki jo zulfe.n	The locks of hair scattered over her lovely face;
to aisa lagta tha jaise ghumaR ke piichhe	it seemed like behind that cloud-like mass
ek os me.n ghula hu'aa phuul khila hai	suffused with dewdrops, a flower bloomed.
jaise baadal me.n ek chaa.nd chupa hai	Like a moon hidden in a cloud,
aur chaa.ndna aa rahaa hai	and the moonlight emerging
jaise raat kii parde me.n ek savera hai roshan roshan	like luminscent dawn from the shade of night:
aa.nkho.n me.n sapno.n ka saagar	an ocean of dreams in her eyes,
jis ne prem sitaaro.n kii chaadar jaise chhalak rahii hai laharo.n laharo.n	love overflowing in waves, like a sheet of stars,
baat kar rahii jaise moti barse	speaking words like showers of pearls,
jaise kahii.n chaa.nd kii paayal guu.nje	like somewhere the moon's anklets jingle,
jaise kahii.n shiishe ke jaam kii re aur chham	Like a tinkling glass goblet.
se tuutii jaise koii chipke sitaar bajaa'e	or the playing of sitaar and flute,
jaise koii chaa.ndanii raat me.n gaa'e	like singing in a moonlit night,
jaise koii haule se raaz sunaa'e	like the soft speaking of a secret.
kaisii miiTHii baate.n thii.n vo	What words they were,
kaisii mulaaqaate.n thii.n vo	what meetings they were!
jab mai.n ne na jaana tha nazaro.n se kaise bigaRte hai.n dil	When I didn't know how a heart could be destroyed by someone's gaze,
aur aarzuu paana hai kaisii man.zil	and what sort of goal it is to obtain one's desire,
aur kaisii utarta hai chaa.nd zamiin par	and how a moon can come down to earth,
kaisii kabhii lagta hai swarg kii andherii hai to bastii yahii.n par	and how, sometimes, it can seem that the darkness of heaven settles right here.
usne bataaya mujhe aur samjhaaya mujhe	She told me, she explained to me:
ham jo mile hai.n hame.n aise hii milna tha	we who meet, were destined to meet like this;
ham jo khile hai.n hame.n aise hii khilna tha	we who bloom, were destined to bloom like this;
janmo.n ke ba.ndhan janmo.n ke rishte hai.n	the bonds of many births, the relationships of many births:
jo bhii hamdam na to ham yuu.nhii milte hai.n	we're soulmates, so we meet like this.
kaano.n me.n mere jaise shahad se ghule lage	This flowed into my ears like honey;
khwaabo.n ke marm jaise aa.nkho.n me.n dhule lage	it washed into my eyes like the meaning of my dreams.
khwaabo.n kii duniya bhii kitnii hasiin aur kaisii ra.ngiin thii	How beautiful was that world of dreams, how splendid
khwaabo.n kii duniya jo kahane ko thii par kahii.n bhii nahii.n thii	what what the world of dreams had to say! But in reality, it didn't exist.
khwaab jo biite merii aa.nkhe.n jo khulii mere hosh jo aa'e mujhe	The dreams passed, my eyes opened, my wits returned;
mai.n ne dekha mai.n ne jaana voh to kabhii aaya tha	I saw, I knew, the one who'd sometimes come.
nazaro.n pahachaaya tha dil me.n samaaya tha	I recognized her, I fixed her in my heart.
tha bhii chuka aur dil me.n rahe ab tanha tanha	and now my heart shall stay lonely, lonely.
na to koii armaan hai na koii tamanna hai	I know neither desire nor longing;
ab na koii sapna hai	no longer have I any dreams.
ab jo mere din aur ab jo merii raate.n	Now, my days, my nights,
un me.n sirf aarzuu hai un me.n sirf dard kii ra.nj kii baate.n	in them is only pleading and in them is only talk of the pain of grief
aur fariyaade.n hai.n	and cries for help.
mere ab koii nahii.n	Now I have nothing;
mai.n huu.n aur koii hoii pyaar kii yaade.n hai...	just myself and the memories of love...