For those who know me well, they know that I am a big music fan. I love all types of music styles and genres, but expect and/or require a certain sort of lyrical talent in most of my songs (not to say I dont like a good beat sometimes either).
For those who know me REALLY well, they know that my favorite song of all time is an Indian song from the movie "Muqaddar ka Sikander" called "O Saathi Re". This movie came out in 1978, and (I'm told by my mother) it was my favorite movie when I was a little kid. I used to love to watch it everyday...especially for the song. I find it fascinating that years later I had "rediscovered" this song, only to find out that it was the very same song I used to love as a little kid. For most of my life, it has been THE song for me. The one song I can hear over and over and over again.
I would like to share this song with you (ya you, the person who accidentally stumbled on this page, and is just humoring me at this point, please read on). The word "saathi" literally means "one on your side". It can mean many things based on the context. It can mean teammate, friend, comrade, companion, confidente, loved one, soulmate, or lover. Please, tell me your thoughts on this song. I would love to hear what other people think of it. :)
Here is the English translation:
"O Saathi Re"
Oh companion, what is living without you?
In flowers, in buds, in the streets of love,
without you there is nothing anywhere!
What is living without you?
Oh companion, what is living without you?
In flowers, in buds, in the streets of love,
without you there is nothing anywhere!
What is living without you?
I wonder how, without my knowing, someone came and
settled in my thirsty mind.
In the madness of this crazed heart, we have lost everything
of our own.
The stories of the heart...
I know them and you know them, and noone else knows
them.
What is living without you?
Oh companion, what is living without you?
In every heartbeat there is thirst for you;
in my breath is your fragrance.
from this earth to that sky, in my eyes is only you all around.
May this love not break...
May you never get angry at me, may this companionship
never stop.
What is living without you?
Oh companion, what is living without you?
Without you my nights are ascetics: without you my days are
vagabonds.
My life burns out in drops, all my dreams are extinguished.
What is living without you?
Oh companion, what is living without you?
Without you my life, without me your life, is not a life.
What is living without you?
Oh companion, what is living without you?
