Translations

Nirbal se ladaai balwaan ki
Ye kahaani hai diye ki aur toofaan ki
Ik raat andhiyaari, thi dishaaye kaari-kaari
Mand-mand pawan tha chal raha
Andhiyaare ko mitaane, jag mein jyot jagaane
Ek chhota sa diya tha kahi jal raha.....
Kahi door tha toofaan, diye se tha balwaan
Saare jag ko masalne machal raha
Ek nanha sa diya, usne hamla kiya
Ab dekho lila vidhi ke vidhaan ki...
Duniya ne saath chhoda, mamta ne mukh moda
Ab diye pe ye dukh padne laga
Par himmat na haar, man mein marna vichaar
Atyaachaar ki hawa se ladne laga...
Ladte-ladte woh thaka, phir bhi bujh na saka
Uski jyot mein tha bal re sachchaai ka....
Sar patak-patak, pag jhatak-jhatak
Na hata paaya diye ko apni aan se
Baar-baar waar kar, ant mein haar kar
Toofaan bhaaga re maidaan se

Fight of the weak and poor,
this story is of an oil lamp and a storm.
On a dark night, when all paths were black,
air was flowing slowly.
To eliminate the darkness and to lighten the world,
a small lamp was flashing somewhere.
Somewhere away was a storm, much stronger than lamp,
who was desperate to destroy whole world.
But the small lamp attacked the storm,
now see what destiny had in store.
Whole world and nears and dears left the lamp,
and he was in deep sadness.
But lamp never gave up, had do or die spirit,
started fighting with storm of cruelity.
While fighting he got tired, but never stopped flashing,
as his light has power of truth.
Storm tried his best
but couldn’t make the lamp submit.
He attacked many times,
but in the end lost and ran away from the battle ground.

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It was the time when I saw a few of my friends fall in love and even lose their love to someone and a few confessed that they felt that life sucks and without love there is no life. Then I heard this gem of Kishore Da, and listened to it again and again, to realize that love is not life, it is just a part of life.

Jeevan mitaana hai deewaapan,
koi pyaar jeewan se pyaara nahin
saare jahaan ki amaanat hai ye,
ye jeewan tumhara tumhara nahin
jeene ke laakhon sahaare yahaan,
bas ek hi to sahaara nahin ...
...kisi ke iraadon ki khaatir jiyo,
kisi ke waadon ki khaatir jiyo
hai yaadoon main jeena bhi to jindagi,
jeena tumhe kyon gwaara nahin
kaisi udaasi ye kaisa hai sog,
jeewan main aate hain jaate hain log
naya koi saathi mila rah main,
use pyaar se kyon pukaara nahin

To waste life is madness,
no love is more important than life.
Your life belongs to the whole world,
it is not just yours.
There are lakhs of supports to live, not just love...
... live for someone’s dreams,
live for promises made to someone,
even to live in memories is also living,
then why don’t you want to live?
For what is this sadness and tears,
many people come and go in life,
when you found a new companion in the journey of life,
why didn’t you called her with love?

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This song inspired me that if one is sad, one should make others happy and their happiness will in turn make you happy.

Tum beshahaara ho to
kisi ka sahaara bano
tumko apne aap hi sahaara mil jaayega
kashti koi doobti pahuncha do kinaare pe
tumko apne aap hi kinaara mil jayega...

...na basti main na veeraanon main
na kheton main na khalihanon main
na milta hai pyaar bazaaron main
na bikta hai chain dukaanon main
dhoondh rahe ho tum jisko,
usko bahar mat dhoondho
man ke andar dhoondho,
preetam pyaara mil jaayega

If you are without support,
become support of someone else.
you will automatically get the support.
Take a drowning boat to shore,
you will automatically get the shore.

...neither in crowds, nor in isolation,
neither in fields, nor in farms,
neither love is found in markets,
nor satisfaction is found in markets.
One that you are looking for,
don’t search for it outside,
find it in your soul
and you will find your love