Yeh To Prem Ki Bata Hai
yeh to
prema kī bāta hai udhau bandagī
tere bas kī nahīṅ hai yahāṅ
sarade ke hoṅṭh hai saude aśiqī
itnī sastī nahīṅ hai
This is on the topic of Divine Love, O Udhau! This is not a topic you will be able to understand. Here, the business of understanding Krsna is by lips. Love is not so cheap here!
premawāloṅ
ne kab waqt pūchā unkī
pūjā sunale he udhau yah dam dam
meṅ hote hai pūjā sar
jhukānā ke fursat nahīṅ hai
When have lovers ever asked for worship? O Udhau, please listen! Here, worship here is done in excitement and vigor! Here, lowering and bowing heads does not cause grief!
jo asar hai
meṅ mastī meṅ ḍūbe unhe
kyā paravāha zindagī kī jo
utartī hai kartī yeh mastī voh
haqīqat ke mastī nahīṅ hai
The effect of drowning in such fun, who can care about life? If one indulges in material life and tries to examine our fun, then this fun is not real.
jiske
nazaroṅ meṅ hai śyāma pyāre woh to
rehte hai jaga se nihāre jiske
nazaroṅ meṅ mohana samāye woh nazar
phir tarastī nahīṅ hai
Whomever's eyes have the desire for my loving Syama, they live in the world without any cares of it. For whoever's eyes is buried in the love of Krsna, those eyes will never get thirsty again!
Translation
This is on the topic of Divine Love, O Udhau! This is not a topic you will be able to understand. Here, the business of understanding Krsna is by lips. Love is not so cheap here!
When have lovers ever asked for worship? O Udhau, please listen! Here, worship here is done in excitement and vigor! Here, lowering and bowing heads does not cause grief!
The effect of drowning in such fun, who can care about life? If one indulges in material life and tries to examine our fun, then this fun is not real.
Whomever's eyes have the desire for my loving Syama, they live in the world without any cares of it. For whoever's eyes is buried in the love of Krsna, those eyes will never get thirsty again!
Notes
This is one of the rare devotional Urdu songs by the Vraja Vasis. It is featured in the album "Choto So Mero Madan Gopal."