Bas Ek Pal (Bas Ek Pal) – Lyrics English Meaning/Translation

Bas Ek Pal is another movie whose soundtrack I absolutely love. Almost all the songs in this movie deserve to be on this list but I chose to only keep one so that I could include more songs. Written by Amitabh Verma, with music from Mithoon; Bas Ek Pal’s music easily made it to the … Read more

Tune Jo Na Kaha (New York) – Lyrics English Meaning/Translation

Tune Jo Na Kaha was one of my most listened songs of 2009. The song beautifully sung by Mohit Chauhan talks about building dreams and watching it crumble. Written by Sandeep Shrivastava for the movie New York, this song has some really hard hitting lines balanced out with some really soft emotions. There are beautiful … Read more

Main Zindagi Ka Saath (Hum Dono) – Lyrics English Meaning/Translation

Written by Sahir Ludhianvi and Sung by Mohammed Rafi, this song was a part of the 1961 film Hum Dono. The song is a toast to the spirit with which one should take hard times and defeats on ones stride and keep moving on… Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi Album: Hum Dono Music: Jaidev Vocals: Mohammed Raf … Read more

Mere Haath Mein (Fanaa) – English Translation

Fanaa a movie starring Aamir Khan and Kajol, got rave critical acclaim for the poetry included in the movie. I was hoping to translate all the poems but it didn’t fit well with the plan to include 31 different poems/lyrics in this project. So instead I will translate this romantic song that includes a couple … Read more

Tere Bina Zindagi (Aandhi) – Lyrics English Meaning/Translation

Finally I have a Kishore Kumar song in my list :) Tere Bina Zindagi is a beautiful song that brings together some of Bollywood’s greatest musical artists of all time. You just cannot go wrong with Gulzar, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar and R.D Burman! Another reason I love this song is that it comes from … Read more