Inhi Logon Ne

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

Inhi logon ne, inhi logon ne – 2 x
Inhi logon ne le leena dupatta mera – 4 x

Translation: These people, these people, these people
These people have taken away my scarf

Hamri na maano bajajva se poochho

If you don’t accept that as truth, ask the cloth-merchant

Hamri na maano saiyyaan
Hamri na maano bajajva se poochho
Jis ne Jis ne asharfi gaz deena dupatta mera – 2

who, who for a gold coin gave me a yard of my dupatta
My scarf, my scarf!

O ji ho dupatta mera, o dupatta mera
Aa, hamri na maano rangrajva se poochho
Hamri na maano saiyyaan
Hamri na maano rangrajva se poochho

If you don’t accept that, sir, ask the cloth-dyer

Jis ne, Jis ne gulaabi rang deena dupatta mera – 2 x

who dyed my scarf pink

Inhi logon ne, inhi logon ne, inhi logon ne

These people, these people, these people
these people have taken my scarf

Hamri na maano sipahiya se poochho – 2 x

If you don’t accept that, ask the police constables

Aa aa aa aa, hamri na maano
Hamri na maano sipahiya se poochho
Sipahiya se, sipahiya se poochho
Jis ne, Jis ne bajariya mein chheena dupatta mera – 2 x

who tore it away from me in the bazaar

Inhi logon ne, inhi logon ne, inhi logon ne
Inhi logon ne le leena dupatta mera
Dupatta mera, dupatta mera – 2 x

These people, these people
these people have taken away my scarf