Bhagwan Hai Kahan Re Tu Lyrics Translation | PK

Movie: PK
Music: Shantanu Moitra
Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire
Singer: Sonu Nigam
Music Label: T-Series

A song about a person who is looking for God, doing the best he can do in life, and yet not getting what he wishes for, as he desperately asks God where He is.

Probably The best, and certainly the most intense song of PK, 'Bhagwaan..' sounds a little like Jaane nahi denge tujhe from 3 Idiots, but the subject is different, Swanand Kirkire's lyrics are lovely again, and hence, the overall offering is very different. Sonu Nigam finds yet another gem, something close to Abhi Mujh mein kahin in terms of intensity and of course, he sings it wonderfully. Must listen, highly recommended.

Hai suna ye poori dharti tu chalata hai
Meri bhi sun le araj, mujhe ghar bulaata hai
Bhagwan hai kahaan re tu, aye khuda hai kahan re tu

I've heard that you run the whole world,
Listen to my prayer too, my home calls me,
O Lord, where are you? O God, where are you?

Hai suna tu bhatke mann ko raah dikhata hai
Main bhi khoya hoon mujhe ghar bulata hai
Bhagwaan hai kahaan re tu, aye khuda hai kahan re tu

I have heard that you show the path to the lost hearts,
I am lost too, my home calls me back..
O Lord, where are you? O God, where are you?

Main pooja karoon, ya namaazein padhoon
Ardaas karoon din rain
Na tu mandir mile, na tu girje mile
Tujhe dhoondhein thake mere nain

Should I worship you (like Hindus do), or should I offer you a namaaz (like Muslims do)
Should I offer an ardaas
(like Sikhs do, all of these religions are not mentioned explicitly, and the meaning here is not specific to these religions, but the point made is about that a man simply doesn't know what he can do to find you.)
You are neither found in the temple, nor in the Church,
my tired eyes look for you...

Tujhe dhoondhein thake mere nain
Tujhe dhoondhen thake mere nain

Jo bhi rasmein hai wo saari, main nibhaata hoon
In karoDon ki tarah main sir jhukata hoon
Bhagwan hai kahan re tu, aye khuda hai kahan re tu

all the customs that are there (to find you), I follow them all,
I bow my head to you, like these crores, [crore = 10 million]
O Lord, where are you? O God, where are you?

Tere naam kayi, tere chehre kayi
Tujhe paane ki raah hain kai..
Har raah chala, par tu na mila
Tu kya chaahe main samjha nahi

You have many names, you have many faces,
there are many ways to find you..
I walked on all those paths, but couldn't find you..
I didn't understand what is it that you want..

Soche bin samjhe jatan karta hi jaata hoon
Teri zid sar-aankhon par rakh ke nibhaata hoon
Bhagwan hai kahan re tu, aye khuda hai kahaan re tu

I keep on trying, without thinking or understanding,
I follow your insistence with all due respect..
O Lord, where are you? O God, where are you?

[Though not explicitly said, the first line of the above paragraph can be interpreted as following the Bhagwadgita, which asks you to keep on doing your duty, without worrying or thinking about the results. Here the protagonist too says that he keeps on trying, following the customs and ways to find God, though here he seems to have lost his patience as he desperately asks God where He is.]

Hai suna, ye poori dharti tu chalata hai
Meri bhi sun le araj, mujhe ghar bulata hai
Bhagwan hai kahan re tu, aye khuda hai kahan re tu
Bhagwan hai kahan re tu, aye khuda hai kahan re tu..

Ye Jo Des Hai Tera Lyrics Translation | Swades

Movie: Swades
Music, Singer: A R Rahman
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
Music Label: T-Series

A song with a patriotic sentiment, that talks about the dilemma of a successful immigrant over whether he should listen to his inner voice that wants him to go back to his native country and pay back to the people of that country.

yeh jo des hai tera swades hai tera
tujhe hai pukaara
ye wo bandhan hai jo kabhi toot nahi sakta

This country of yours, your motherland
calls out to you..
this is a bond which can never break

mitti ki hai jo khushboo tu kaise bhulaayega
tu chaahe kahin jaaye tu laut ke aayega
nayi nayi raahon mein dabi dabi aahon mein
khoye khoye dil se tere koi ye kahega

how can you ever forget the scent of the earth (of your homeland)
wherever you go, you will come back.
in new paths (that you take), in quiet sighs
to your lost heart, someone will say
[the someone here is nothing but an inner voice of himself.]

ye jo des hai tera swades hai tera
tujhe hai pukaara....
ye wo bandhan hai jo kabhi toot nahi sakta..

tujh se zindagi
hai ye kah rahi
sab to paa liya
ab hai kya kami

Your life is saying to you,
you have achieved everything,
what's there that is still missing then?

yoon to saare sukh hain barse
par door tu hai apne ghar se
aa laut chal tu ab deewane
jahaan koi to tujhe apna maane
aawaaz de tujhe bulaaye wahi des

as such, all comforts are there for you,
but you're far from your home
come, let's go back, O crazy one
where at least someone will call you their own
that country of yours calls you..

yeh jo des hai tera....

ye pal hai wahi,
jis mein hai chhupi
poori ek sadi
saari zindagi

It's this very moment,
in which there is hidden,
an complete century,
an entire lifetime.

tu na poochh raaste mein kaahe
aaye hain is tarah doraahe
tu hi to hai raah sujhaaye
tu hi to hai ab jo ye bataaye
jaaye to kis disha mein jaaye, wahi des..

Don't you ask why there is
a two-way fork on the road..
[this represents a dilemma]
you are the one who should suggest the path
you are the one who would tell
in which direction to take, that country..

ye jo des hai tera....