Song: Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna (English Translation)
Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan
Movie: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol
Director: Aditya Chopra
Producer: Yash Chopra
Music: Jatin-Lalit
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna English Lyrics
Yeh kudiyan nashe di pudiyan
These girls are intoxicating beauties
Yeh munde gali de gunde
These boys are the goons of the street
Yeh kudiyan nashe di pudiyan
These girls are intoxicating beauties
Yeh munde gali de gunde
These boys are the goons of the street
Nashe di pudiyan
Intoxicating beauties
Gali de gunde
Streetwise goons
Oh o o o … oh o o o
Oh o o o … oh o o o
Mehndi laga ke rakhna
Have your henna ready
Doli saja ke rakhna
Have the bridal palanquin ready
Mehndi laga ke rakhna
Have your henna ready
Doli saja ke rakhna
Have the bridal palanquin ready
Lene tujhe o gori
To come and take you away, my fair one
Aayenge tere sajna
Your beloved will come
Mehndi laga ke rakhna
Have your henna ready
Doli saja ke rakhna
Have the bridal palanquin ready
Oh ho … oh ho
Oh ho … oh ho
Oh o o o … aa aa aa
Oh o o o … aa aa aa
Sehra saja ke rakhna
Have the groom’s sehra ready
Chehra chupa ke rakhna
Keep your face veiled
Sehra saja ke rakhna
Have the groom’s sehra ready
Chehra chupa ke rakhna
Keep your face veiled
Yeh dil ki baat apne
Keep these feelings of the heart
Dil mein daba ke rakhna
Hidden deep in your heart
Sehra saja ke rakhna
Have the groom’s sehra ready
Chehra chupa ke rakhna
Keep your face veiled
Mehndi laga ke rakhna
Have your henna ready
Doli saja ke rakhna
Have the bridal palanquin ready
Oye oye oye! … oye oye oye!
Hey, hey, hey! … hey, hey, hey!
Udh udhke teri zulfein
Your flowing hair keeps flying
Karti hain kya ishaare
What kind of signals is it sending?
Dil thaamke khade hain
Holding their hearts, they stand there
Aashiq sabhi kanware
All the lovestruck bachelors
Chup jaaye sari kudiyan
All the girls hide away
Ghar mein sharam ke maare
Too shy to come outside
Gaon mein aa gaye hain
They’ve all come to the village
Pagal shehar ke sare
All the crazy guys from the city
Nazarein jhuka ke rakhna
Keep your eyes lowered
Daaman bacha ke rakhna
Keep yourself out of reach
Nazarein jhuka ke rakhna
Keep your eyes lowered
Daaman bacha ke rakhna
Keep yourself out of reach
Lene tujhe o gori
To come and take you away, my fair one
Aayenge tere sajna
Your beloved will come
Mehndi laga ke rakhna
Have your henna ready
Doli saja ke rakhna
Have the bridal palanquin ready
Sehra saja ke rakhna
Have the groom’s sehra ready
Chehra chupa ke rakhna
Keep your face veiled
Oh o o o … aa aa aa
Oh o o o … aa aa aa
Oh o o o … aa aa aa
Oh o o o … aa aa aa
Main ek jawaan ladka
I’m a young man
Tu ek haseen ladki
You’re a beautiful girl
Yeh dil machal gaya toh
If my heart loses control
Mera kusoor kya hai
How can I be blamed?
Rakhna tha dil pe kaabu
I was supposed to keep my heart under control
Yeh husn toh hai jaadu
But your beauty is pure magic
Jaadu hi chal gaya toh
If this magic has worked on me
Mera kusoor kya hai
How can I be blamed?
Rasta hamara takna
Keep waiting for me on the way
Darwaaza khula rakhna
Keep the door open
Rasta hamara takna
Keep waiting for me on the way
Darwaaza khula rakhna
Keep the door open
Lene tujhe o gori
To come and take you away, my fair one
Aayenge tere sajna
Your beloved will come
Kuch aur ab na kehna
Don’t say anything more now
Kuch aur ab na karna
Don’t do anything else now
Kuch aur ab na kehna
Don’t say anything more now
Kuch aur ab na karna
Don’t do anything else now
Yeh dil ki baat apne
Keep these feelings of the heart
Dil mein daba ke rakhna
Hidden deep in your heart
Mehndi laga ke rakhna
Have your henna ready
Doli saja ke rakhna
Have the bridal palanquin ready
Sehra saja ke rakhna
Have the groom’s sehra ready
Chehra chupa ke rakhna
Keep your face veiled
Shava … oye oye oye!
Shava … hey hey hey!
Shava … oye oye oye!
Shava … hey hey hey!
Shava … oye oye oye!
Shava … hey hey hey!
Shava … oye oye oye!
Shava … hey hey hey!
Vocabulary & Meaning: Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna (English Translation)
| Hindi Word / Phrase | English Meaning |
|---|---|
| Kudiyan | Girls |
| Munde | Boys; young men |
| Nashe | Intoxication; intoxicating effect |
| Nashe di pudiyan | Intoxicating beauties |
| Gali | Street; lane |
| Gali de gunde | Streetwise goons |
| Mehndi | Henna |
| Laga ke rakhna | Keep applied; have ready |
| Doli | Bridal palanquin |
| Saja ke rakhna | Keep decorated; have ready |
| Gori | Fair-complexioned girl; beloved |
| Lene tujhe | To come and take you |
| Sajna | Beloved; lover |
| Sehra | Groom’s wedding headpiece |
| Chehra | Face |
| Chupa ke rakhna | Keep hidden; keep covered |
| Dil ki baat | Feelings of the heart |
| Dil mein daba ke rakhna | Keep hidden deep in the heart |
| Udh udhke | Flying repeatedly; fluttering |
| Zulfein | Hair; flowing tresses |
| Ishaare | Signals; gestures |
| Dil thaamke | Holding one’s heart |
| Aashiq | Lover; lovestruck admirer |
| Kanwara | Unmarried; bachelor |
| Sharam ke maare | Out of shyness |
| Gaon | Village |
| Pagal | Crazy; lovestruck |
| Shehar | City |
| Nazarein | Eyes; glances |
| Nazarein jhuka ke rakhna | Keep your eyes lowered |
| Daaman | Hem; one’s personal space or reach |
| Daaman bacha ke rakhna | Keep yourself out of reach |
| Jawaan | Young; youthful |
| Haseen | Beautiful; lovely |
| Ladka | Boy; young man |
| Ladki | Girl; young woman |
| Machalna | To become restless; to yearn |
| Dil machalna | For the heart to become restless |
| Kusoor | Fault; blame |
| Husn | Beauty |
| Jaadu | Magic |
| Jaadu chalna | For magic to work; to have an effect |
| Rasta | Way; path |
| Hamara | Our; belonging to us |
| Rasta hamara takna | Keep waiting for me on the way |
| Darwaaza | Door |
| Khula rakhna | Keep open |
| Kuch aur | Anything more; anything else |
| Kehna | To say; to tell |
| Karna | To do |
| Shava | A Punjabi celebratory exclamation; an expression of joy or excitement |
