Piyaa te kahaan gayo
Posted on: September 30, 2010
This song from “Toofaan Aur Diyaa” (1956) was a very old farmaish. When I looked at the lyrics “Piyaa te kahaan”, I thought it was a typo. But when I listened to this song , I realised that the lyrics are in fact what I read.
This song is a Meera Bhajan. In the movie it is sung by Lata. Vasant Desai is the music director. I am not aware about the actor on whom this song is picturised since I have not been able to locate the video of this song so far. But seeing that this movie had Nanda and Rajendra Kumar in lead roles, there is a good chance that this song was picturised on Nanda.
Meera Bai was from Rajasthan, and her Bhajans are in Rajasthani which is almost the same as Hindi, but there are many words where one gets stumped if one is not familiar with the context. I have written down the lyrics but I am not satisfied with my effort. I request my readers to points out the errors and provide me with the proper words.
Set to Raag Asawari, It is a lovely song to listen to, even if one is unable to understand much of the words and their meanings.
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song-Piyaa te kahaan (Toofaan Aur Diyaa) (1956) Singer-Lata, Lyrics- Meera Bai, MD-Vasant Desai
Lyrics
piyaa te kahaan gayo
aaa
piyaa te kahaan gayo
aaa
nehraa lagaa
nehraa lagaa
piyaa te kahaan
aaa aaa
aaa aaa
saanjh gayo ab kahaan ri soti (?)
saanjh gayo ab kahaan ri soti (?)
prem ki baati baraai(?)
prem ki baati baraai(?)
piyaa te kahaan
piyaa te kahaan
piyaa te kahaan gayo
aaa
nehraa lagaa
piyaa te kahaan
aaa aaa
aaa aaa
aaa aaa
biraha samukh mein (?)
kaadh gayo Shiv
birah samukh mein (?)
kaadha gayo Shiv
neh ke laabh chalaaye
neh ke laabh chalaaye
piya te kahaan
piya te kahaan
piya te kahaan gayo
aaa
nehra lagaaye
piya te kahaan
aaa aaa
aaa aaa
Meera ke Prabhu Giridhar Nagar
Meera ke Prabhu Giridhar Nagar
tum bin rahyo na jaaye
tum bin rahyo na jaaye
piyaa te kahaan
piyaa te kahaan
piyaa te kahaan gayo
aaa
nehraa lagaa
piyaa te kahaan
5 Responses to "Piyaa te kahaan gayo"
August 13, 2012 at 6:55 pm
You are right. It was played on Nanda. Here is the video link.-
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March 19, 2012 at 9:31 am
goos effort …
in firsr stanza
chhandi gayo,,chhod gayo ,,abkahaaN ri soti?
ab kahaaN se souN?,,how can i sleep
prem ki baati baraay -prem ki baati mans the lamp of love ,,baraay means badhaaye,increse
the words of second stanzas are bellow
birah samudra mein —-birah means viyog,separation,samudra means ocean
chhadi gayo piv -chhandi – chhod ,piv – piyaa
neh ki naav chalaay
these are rajstjani words,,which are in spoken ,
,i am old songs lover,,
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December 18, 2019 at 11:24 am
The first stanza sounds like this to me
छाँड़ि गयो अब कहाँ बिसोसि
प्रेम की बाती बराय
Thank you for the clarity of remaining lyrics. They have not been corrected on the main text though….
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