Sukhwinder Singh & Sapana Awasthi Chaiyya Chaiyya Lyrics

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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!

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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!

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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.

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