
Song: Kab Tak Chup Baithe (English Translation)
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan
Movie: Dil To Pagal Hai
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Akshay Kumar
Producer & Director: Yash Chopra
Music: Uttam Singh
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Release Date: 30 October 1997
Kab Tak Chup Baithe — Hindi Lyrics with English Translation
Kab tak chup baithe
How long can we sit here in silence?
Ab toh kuch hai bolna
It’s time we said something.
Kuch tum bolo
You say something,
Kuch hum bole, O dholna
And I’ll say something too, my beloved.
Kab tak chup baithe
How long can we sit here in silence?
Ab toh kuch hai bolna
It’s time we said something.
Kuch tum bolo
You say something,
Kuch hum bole, O dholna
And I’ll say something too, my beloved.
Kab tak chup baithe
How long can we sit here in silence?
Ab toh kuch hai bolna
It’s time we said something.
Kuch tum bolo
You say something,
Kuch hum bole, O dholna
And I’ll say something too, my beloved.
Mar jaana tha, yeh bhed nahi tha kholna
I’d rather die than reveal this secret.
O dholna … O dholna
Oh, my beloved … oh, my beloved.
Kab tak chup baithe
How long can we sit here in silence?
Ab toh kuch hai bolna
It’s time we said something.
Kuch tum bolo
You say something,
Kuch hum bole, O dholna
And I’ll say something too, my beloved.
Do chaar kadam pe tum the
You were just a few steps away.
Do chaar kadam pe hum the
And I was just a few steps away, too.
Do chaar kadam pe tum the
You were just a few steps away.
Do chaar kadam pe hum the
And I was just a few steps away, too.
Do chaar kadam yeh lekin
Yet those few little steps
Sau meelon se kya kam the
Felt no shorter than a hundred miles.
Phir uspe kadam kadam pe dil ka dholna
And on top of that, my heart kept pounding with every step.
Haai dholna … O dholna
Oh, my beloved … oh, my beloved.
Kab tak chup baithe
How long can we sit here in silence?
Ab toh kuch hai bolna
It’s time we said something.
Kuch tum bolo
You say something,
Kuch hum bole, O dholna
And I’ll say something too, my beloved.
Kab tak chup baithe
How long can we sit here in silence?
Ab toh kuch hai bolna
It’s time we said something.
Kuch tum bolo
You say something,
Kuch hum bole, O dholna
And I’ll say something too, my beloved.
Lo jeet gaye tum humse
There, you’ve won me over.
Hum haar gaye is dil se
I’ve lost the battle against my own heart.
Lo jeet gaye tum humse
There, you’ve won me over.
Hum haar gaye is dil se
I’ve lost the battle against my own heart.
Aaya hai aaj labon pe
At last, today, these words have reached my lips,
Yeh pyar badi mushkil se
This love I’ve struggled so hard to express.
Is pyar ne humko pagal na kar chhodna
Don’t let this love drive us completely mad.
Na chhodna … O dholna
Don’t leave me … oh, my beloved.
Kab tak chup baithe
How long can we sit here in silence?
Ab toh kuch hai bolna
It’s time we said something.
Kuch tum bolo
You say something,
Kuch hum bole, O dholna
And I’ll say something too, my beloved.
Kab tak chup baithe
How long can we sit here in silence?
Ab toh kuch hai bolna
It’s time we said something.
Kuch tum bolo
You say something,
Kuch hum bole, O dholna
And I’ll say something too, my beloved.
Mar jaana tha, yeh bhed nahi tha kholna
I’d rather die than reveal this secret.
O dholna … O dholna
Oh, my beloved … oh, my beloved.
Kab tak chup baithe
How long can we sit here in silence?
Ab toh kuch hai bolna
It’s time we said something.
Kuch tum bolo
You say something,
Kuch hum bole, O dholna
And I’ll say something too, my beloved.
Vocabulary & Meaning – Kab Tak Chup Baithe (English Translation)
| Hindi Word / Phrase | English Meaning |
|---|---|
| Kab tak | How long; until when |
| Chup | Quiet; silent |
| Baithe | Sitting; staying seated |
| Kab tak chup baithe | How long can we remain silent? |
| Ab toh | Now, at last; now it’s time |
| Kuch | Something; a little |
| Bolna | To speak; to say |
| Kuch tum bolo | You say something |
| Kuch hum bole | Let me say something too |
| Dholna | Beloved; sweetheart |
| Mar jaana | To die |
| Bhed | Secret; mystery |
| Bhed kholna | To reveal a secret |
| Yeh bhed | This secret |
| Do chaar | A few; two or four |
| Kadam | Step |
| Do chaar kadam | A few steps |
| Tum | You |
| Hum | We; I (in poetic or conversational usage) |
| Lekin | But; however |
| Sau | Hundred |
| Meel | Mile |
| Sau meelon se kya kam | No less than a hundred miles |
| Phir | Then; again |
| Uspe | On top of that; besides |
| Kadam kadam | At every step |
| Dil | Heart |
| Dil ka dholna | The heart’s restless pounding or fluttering |
| Haai | An exclamation expressing emotion, surprise or longing |
| Jeet gaye | Have won |
| Haar gaye | Have lost |
| Humse | Against me/us; over me/us |
| Is dil se | Against this heart |
| Lo | There!; look!; well, then |
| Aaj | Today |
| Labon | Lips |
| Labon pe | On the lips |
| Pyar | Love |
| Badi mushkil se | With great difficulty; after much effort |
| Pagal | Crazy; mad |
| Chhodna | To leave; to abandon |
| Na chhodna | Don’t leave |
| Pyar mein pagal hona | To go crazy with love |
| Dil ki baat | What the heart feels; one’s true feelings |
| Izhaar karna | To express or confess one’s feelings |
| Khamoshi | Silence |
| Faasla | Distance; gap |
| Sau meel | A hundred miles |
| Bechain | Restless; uneasy |
| Dhadakna | To beat; to pound (of the heart) |