page_title: Lag Jaa Gale
section_title: Lyrics
hierarchical_section_title: Lag Jaa Gale / Lyrics
caption_attribution_description: English: Two YPJ fighters hug
context_page_description: "Lag Jaa Gale" is a Hindi song with music by Madan Mohan Kohli and lyrics by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan, written for the 1964 Bollywood film Woh Kaun Thi?. On the screen the song was performed by popular Bollywood star Sadhana, though actually sung by playback singer Lata Mangeshkar.
context_section_description: In the song, the singer expresses that this evening may the last time she will see her beloved.
  Below, the song is transcribed in Devanagari (Hindi), Nastaʿlīq (Urdu) and English
  लग जा गले कि फिर ये हसीं रात हो न हो
  शायद फिर इस जनम में मुलाक़ात हो न हो
  हमको मिली हैं आज ये घड़ियाँ नसीब से
  जी भर के देख लीजिये हमको करीब से
  फिर आपके नसीब में ये बात हो न हो
  पास आइये कि हम नहीं आएंगे बार-बार
  बाहें गले में डाल के हम रो लें ज़ार-ज़ार
  आँखों से फिर ये प्यार की बरसात हो न हो
  शायद फिर इस जनम में मुलाक़ात हो न हो
  لگ جا گلے کہ پھر یہ حسیں رات ہو نہ ہو
  شاید پھر اس جنم میں ملاقات ہو نہ ہو
  ہم کو ملی ہیں آج یہ گھڑیاں نصیب سے
  جی بھر کے دیکھ لیجیئے ہم کو قریب سے
  پھر آپ کے نصیب میں یہ بات ہو نہ ہو
  پاس آئیے کہ ہم نہیں آئیں گے بار بار
  باہیں گلے میں ڈال کے ہم رو لیں زار زار
  آنکھوں سے پھر یہ پیار کی برسات ہو نہ ہو
  شاید پھر اس جنم میں ملاقات ہو نہ ہو
  Lag jaa gale ke phir yeh haseen raath ho na ho
  Shaayad phir is janam mey mulaaqat ho na ho
  Hum ko mile hai aaj yeh ghadiyaan naseeb se
  Jee bhar ke dekh leejiye hum ko kareeb se
  Phir aap ke naseeb mey yeh baat ho na ho
  Paas aayie ke hum nahin aayenge baar baar
  Baahein gale mein daal ke hum ro le zaar zaar
  Aankon se phir yeh pyaar ki barsaath ho na ho
  Lag jaa gale ke phir yeh haseen raath ho na ho
  Embrace me, for this beautiful evening may not come again
  Perhaps we may never meet again in this life
  Fate has given us these few moments
  You can look at me from up close, as much as you wish
  Your fate may never have this opportunity again
  Come closer, I will not return again and again
  Let me wrap  my arms around your neck and cry for a long time
  My eyes may never shed such a shower of love again
  Embrace me, for this beautiful evening may not come again
  The Hindi expression "ho na ho" implies that it may or may not happen in future. "Gale lagna" refers to embracing such that the necks touch, it can apply to two persons of the same sex as well.
  The song expresses profound sadness on the impending partition, which is perhaps final. The Hindi expression "ho na ho" implies that it may or may not happen in future. In Hinduism, death is the parting for this life. The parting, although expresses separation of two lovers in the movie, can also mean death in the Indian context. Some individuals remember having sung this song for the dying grandmother. Others member a close relative, with impending death due to cancer, dancing her last dance with this song. It is sometimes sung at Indian funerals.
  It is also considered to be an iconic song composed by Madan Mohan.
caption: "Gale lagana" -Kurdish women
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