
Song: Aye Ajnabi Tu Bhi Kabhi (English Translation)
Movie: Dil Se (1998)
Director: Maniratnam
Artists: Shahrukh Khan, Manisha Koirala and Preity Zinta.
Music: A R Rahman
Singers: Udit Narayan and Mahalakshmi
Lyricist: Gulzar
Ae Ajnabi Tu bhi kabhi (English Lyrics)
O paakhi paakhi pardesi
Oh, bird-like wanderer from a distant land
Paakhi paakhi pardesi
Bird-like wanderer from a distant land
Paakhi paakhi pardesi
Bird-like wanderer from a distant land
Paakhi paakhi pardesi
Bird-like wanderer from a distant land
Paakhi paakhi pardesi
Bird-like wanderer from a distant land
Paakhi paakhi pardesi
Bird-like wanderer from a distant land
Ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi
Oh, stranger, someday, you too
Aawaaz de kahin se
Call out to me from somewhere
Ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi
Oh, stranger, someday, you too
Aawaaz de kahin se
Call out to me from somewhere
Main yahan tukdon mein jee raha hoon
I’m here, living in fragments
Main yahan tukdon mein jee raha hoon
I’m here, living in fragments
Tu kahin tukdon mein jee rahi hai
Somewhere, you’re living in fragments too
Ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi
Oh, stranger, someday, you too
Aawaaz de kahin se
Call out to me from somewhere
Ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi
Oh, stranger, someday, you too
Aawaaz de kahin se
Call out to me from somewhere
Roz roz resham si hawa
Day after day, the silky breeze
Aate jaate kehti hai bata
As it comes and goes, asks me to tell
Resham si hawa kehti hai bata
The silky breeze asks me to tell
Woh jo doodh dhuli masoom kali
That innocent bud, pure as milk
Woh hai kahan, kahan hai
Where is she? Where could she be?
Woh roshni kahan hai
Where is that light?
Woh jaan si kahan hai
Where is that precious soul?
Main adhoora, tu adhoori jee rahi hai
I’m incomplete, and you’re living incomplete too
Ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi
Oh, stranger, someday, you too
Aawaaz de kahin se
Call out to me from somewhere
Ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi
Oh, stranger, someday, you too
Aawaaz de kahin se
Call out to me from somewhere
Main yahan tukdon mein jee raha hoon
I’m here, living in fragments
Main yahan tukdon mein jee raha hoon
I’m here, living in fragments
Tu kahin tukdon mein jee rahi hai
Somewhere, you’re living in fragments too
Ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi
Oh, stranger, someday, you too
Aawaaz de kahin se
Call out to me from somewhere
Paakhi paakhi pardesi
Bird-like wanderer from a distant land
Paakhi paakhi pardesi
Bird-like wanderer from a distant land
Paakhi paakhi pardesi
Bird-like wanderer from a distant land
Paakhi paakhi pardesi
Bird-like wanderer from a distant land
Tu toh nahin hai lekin
You’re not here, and yet
Teri muskurahatein hain
Your smiles are still here
Chehra kahin nahin hai
Your face is nowhere to be found
Par teri aahatein hain
But I can still hear your footsteps
Tu hai kahan, kahan hai
Where are you? Where could you be?
Tera nishaan kahan hai
Where is any trace of you?
Mera jahaan kahan hai
Where is my world?
Main adhoora, tu adhoori jee rahi hai
I’m incomplete, and you’re living incomplete too
Ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi
Oh, stranger, someday, you too
Aawaaz de kahin se
Call out to me from somewhere
Ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi
Oh, stranger, someday, you too
Aawaaz de kahin se
Call out to me from somewhere
Main yahan tukdon mein jee raha hoon
I’m here, living in fragments
Main yahan tukdon mein jee raha hoon
I’m here, living in fragments
Tu kahin tukdon mein jee rahi hai
Somewhere, you’re living in fragments too
Ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi
Oh, stranger, someday, you too
Aawaaz de kahin se
Call out to me from somewhere
Ae ajnabi tu bhi kabhi
Oh, stranger, someday, you too
Vocabulary & Meaning – Ae Ajnabi Tu bhi kabhi (English Translation)
| Hindi Word / Phrase | English Meaning |
|---|---|
| Ae | Oh; hey (a way of addressing someone) |
| Ajnabi | Stranger; unfamiliar person |
| Paakhi | Bird |
| Pardesi | Foreigner; someone from a distant land |
| Paakhi paakhi pardesi | Bird-like wanderer from a distant land |
| Tu | You (informal) |
| Bhi | Also; too |
| Kabhi | Someday; sometime; ever |
| Aawaaz | Voice; sound |
| Aawaaz dena | To call out; to call someone |
| Kahin se | From somewhere |
| Main | I |
| Yahan | Here |
| Kahin | Somewhere |
| Tukda | Piece; fragment |
| Tukdon mein | In pieces; in fragments |
| Jee raha hoon | I am living |
| Jee rahi hai | She is living |
| Adhoora | Incomplete; unfinished |
| Adhoori | Incomplete (feminine form) |
| Roz roz | Day after day; every day |
| Resham | Silk |
| Resham si | Like silk; silky |
| Hawa | Air; breeze |
| Aate jaate | Coming and going |
| Kehna | To say; to tell |
| Kehti hai | Says; tells |
| Bata | Tell me; explain |
| Doodh | Milk |
| Dhuli | Washed; cleansed |
| Masoom | Innocent; pure |
| Kali | Flower bud |
| Doodh dhuli | Pure as milk; spotless |
| Roshni | Light; brightness |
| Jaan | Life; beloved; precious soul |
| Jaan si | Like a precious soul; someone dear |
| Tu toh nahin hai | You are not here |
| Lekin | But; however |
| Muskurahat | Smile |
| Muskurahatein | Smiles |
| Chehra | Face |
| Kahin nahin | Nowhere; not anywhere |
| Par | But; yet |
| Aahat | Faint sound of footsteps or someone’s arrival |
| Aahatein | Faint sounds; footsteps |
| Nishaan | Sign; mark; trace |
| Tera nishaan | A trace of you |
| Jahaan | World; universe |
| Mera jahaan | My world |
| Kahan | Where |
| Kahan hai | Where is it? |
| Ajnabi tu bhi kabhi | Oh, stranger, someday you too |
| Aawaaz de kahin se | Call out from somewhere |
| Tukdon mein jeena | To live in fragments; to feel emotionally broken |
| Dil se juda | Separated from the heart; emotionally distant |
| Yaad aana | To come to mind; to be missed |
| Intezaar | Waiting; anticipation |
| Tanhaai | Loneliness; solitude |
| Judaai | Separation; parting |
| Bechaini | Restlessness; uneasiness |
| Mohabbat | Love; affection |
| Ehsaas | Feeling; sensation |
| Door | Far away; distant |
| Paas | Near; close |
| Laut aana | To return; to come back |