Chalte Chalte

Film: Pakeezah – The Pure – Die Reine
Jahr: 1972
Regie: Kamal Amrohi
Interpret: Lata Mangeshkar
Komponist: Naushad
Lyrics: Ghulam Mohammed

Chalte chalte, yuun hii koii mil gaya tha
sare raah chalte chalte

Translation: Walking along
just like this I met someone
walking on the road

Vahiin thamke rah gaii hai
merii raat chalte chalte

Stopping right there, I have remained
my night, fading

Jo kahii gaii na mujhse
voh zamaanaa kah rahaa hai

What I couldn’t manage to say
the world is speaking for me

Ki fasaanaa
ki fasaanaa ban gaii hai.
merii baat chalte chalte

That story,
that story has been created
of my words, spilling out

Yuun hii koii mil gaya tha
sare raah chalte chalte

Just like this I met someone
walking on the road

Shab-e-intazaar aakhir
kabhii hogii muqt asar bhii

Finally, night’s wait
will experience an emancipation

Ye chiraag
ye chiraag bujh rahe hain
mere saath jalte jalte

These lamps
These lamps are going out,
burning with me

Ye chiraag bujh rahe hain
mere saath jalte jalte

These lights are going out
burning with me

Yuun hii koii mil gaya tha
sare raah chalte chalte

Just like this, I met someone
walking down the road