Song : Aaja Sanam Madhur Chandni Mein (English Translation)
Movie/album: Chori Chori 1956
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey
Song Lyricist: Hasrat Jaipuri
Music Director/Composer: Shanakr-Jaikishan
Music : Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal, Shankar Singh Raghuvanshi
Starring: Nargis, Raj Kapoor
Aaja Sanam Madhur Chandni Mein English Lyrics
Aaja sanam madhur chandni mein hum tum mile toh veerane mein bhi aa jayegi bahaar
Come, my love. If you and I meet in this sweet moonlight, even this desolate place will blossom with spring.
Jhoomne lagega aasmaan
The sky itself will begin to sway.
Jhoomne lagega aasmaan
The sky itself will begin to sway.
Kehta hai dil aur machalta hai dil, more sajan le chal mujhe taaron ke paar
My heart speaks and longs; take me beyond the stars, my beloved.
Lagta nahi hai dil yahan
My heart finds no comfort here.
Lagta nahi hai dil yahan
My heart finds no comfort here.
Bheegi bheegi raat mein dil ka daaman thaam le
Hold on to my heart in this drenched night.
Khoyi khoyi zindagi hardam tera naam le
This lost life of mine keeps taking your name.
Chaand ki behki nazar keh rahi hai pyaar kar
The moon’s intoxicated gaze is telling us to fall in love.
Zindagi hai ek safar, kaun jaane kal kidhar
Life is a journey; who knows where tomorrow will lead us?
Chaand ki behki nazar keh rahi hai pyaar kar
The moon’s intoxicated gaze is telling us to fall in love.
Zindagi hai ek safar, kaun jaane kal kidhar
Life is a journey; who knows where tomorrow will lead us?
Aaja sanam madhur chandni mein hum tum mile toh veerane mein bhi aa jayegi bahaar
Come, my love. If you and I meet in this sweet moonlight, even this desolate place will blossom with spring.
Jhoomne lagega aasmaan
The sky itself will begin to sway.
Jhoomne lagega aasmaan
The sky itself will begin to sway.
Kehta hai dil aur machalta hai dil, more sajan le chal mujhe taaron ke paar
My heart speaks and longs; take me beyond the stars, my beloved.
Lagta nahi hai dil yahan
My heart finds no comfort here.
Lagta nahi hai dil yahan
My heart finds no comfort here.
Dil yeh chahe aaj toh baadal ban udd jaun main
Today, my heart wishes to become a cloud and fly away.
Dulhan jaisa aasmaan dharti par le aaun main
I wish to bring the sky, adorned like a bride, down to the earth.
Chaand ka dola saje, dhoom taaron mein mache
Let the moon’s palanquin be adorned, and let the stars celebrate.
Jhoomke duniya kahe, pyaar mein do dil mile
Let the world sway and proclaim that two hearts have united in love.
Chaand ka dola saje, dhoom taaron mein mache
Let the moon’s palanquin be adorned, and let the stars celebrate.
Jhoomke duniya kahe, pyaar mein do dil mile
Let the world sway and proclaim that two hearts have united in love.
Aaja sanam madhur chandni mein hum tum mile toh veerane mein bhi aa jayegi bahaar
Come, my love. If you and I meet in this sweet moonlight, even this desolate place will blossom with spring.
Jhoomne lagega aasmaan
The sky itself will begin to sway.
Jhoomne lagega aasmaan
The sky itself will begin to sway.
Kehta hai dil aur machalta hai dil, more sajan le chal mujhe taaron ke paar
My heart speaks and longs; take me beyond the stars, my beloved.
Lagta nahi hai dil yahan
My heart finds no comfort here.
Lagta nahi hai dil yahan
My heart finds no comfort here.
Vocabulary & Meaning: Aaja Sanam Madhur Chandni Mein (English Translation)
| Hindi Word/Phrase | English Meaning |
|---|---|
| Aaja | Come |
| Sanam | Beloved / sweetheart |
| Madhur | Sweet / pleasant |
| Chandni | Moonlight |
| Mile | Meet |
| Veerana | Desolate place / wilderness |
| Bahaar | Spring / blossoming beauty |
| Jhoomna | To sway / to dance with joy |
| Aasmaan | Sky |
| Kehta hai | Says |
| Machalna | To yearn / to become restless |
| More | My / mine (poetic form) |
| Sajan | Beloved / lover |
| Le chal | Take me |
| Taaron | Stars |
| Paar | Beyond / across |
| Lagta nahi hai dil | The heart finds no comfort |
| Bheegi bheegi | Drenched / wet |
| Raat | Night |
| Daaman | Hem / edge; figuratively, embrace or shelter |
| Thaam le | Hold / hold onto |
| Khoyi khoyi | Lost / absent-minded |
| Zindagi | Life |
| Hardam | Always / constantly |
| Naam lena | To take someone’s name |
| Chaand | Moon |
| Behki | Intoxicated / dreamy / unsteady |
| Nazar | Gaze / glance |
| Pyaar kar | Fall in love / love |
| Safar | Journey |
| Kaun jaane | Who knows |
| Kal | Tomorrow / the future |
| Kidhar | Where / in which direction |
| Dil yeh chahe | My heart wishes |
| Baadal | Cloud |
| Udd jaun | Fly away |
| Dulhan | Bride |
| Dharti | Earth |
| Dola | Palanquin |
| Saje | Be adorned / be decorated |
| Dhoom machna | To celebrate noisily / create excitement |
| Jhoomke | Swaying / dancing with joy |
| Do dil mile | Two hearts united / came together |
| Madhur chandni | Sweet / pleasant moonlight |
| Taaron ke paar | Beyond the stars |