Na Tum Hame Jaano 1962 Hindi film song sung live by Hemant Kumar (link) with Hindi lyrics and my rough English translation
Last updated on 2nd Oct. 2022
Great to see and hear (Late) Hemant Kumar sing this 1962 Hindi Film oldie goldie song live. NA TUM HUMEIN JANO | LIVE PERFORMANCE BY HEMANT KUMAR | RARE VIDEO, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR4teEpajT8 , 4 min. 10 secs. The song starts at around 19 secs into the video.
The film song was also sung by Hemant Kumar. Music was by S.D. Burman, lyrics was by Majrooh Sultanpuri and the movie is "Baat Ek Raat Ki".
One English translation of the lyrics is given here: https://lyricsraag.com/na-tum-hamen-jano-hemant-kumar-baat-ek-raat-ki/ .
But I am not so comfortable with the translation and have provided my own below (which also may have some issues as I am not a Hindi language expert):
Main lines of song in Hindi:
Na tum hame jaano
Na hum tumhe jaane
Magar lagta hai kuch aisa
Mera humdum mil gaya
[English translation of above:]
You do not know me
Nor do I know you
But it feels as if
I have got my bosom friend (intimate companion)
[Note: As per https://twitter.com/sharghzadeh/status/1348533275917242369 the word hamdam in Farsi (Persian language) from which it seems to have come to Hindi, means "one you share a breath with". This seems to match the meaning of hamdam in Hindi.]
[Hindi:]
Yeh mausam yeh raat chup hai
Woh hooto ki baat chup hai
Khamoshi sunane lagi hai dastaan
Nazar ban gayi hai dil ki zuban
[English translation of above:]
These environs, this night are silent
The talk of those lips are silent
The story is telling silence to us
Sight (vision) has become the tongue of the heart
[Note: Sorry, could not get a better translation of mausam than environs. Literal translation of mausam is weather but is slightly different in this context.]
[Hindi:]
Mohabbat ke mod pe ham
Mile sabko chod ke ham
Dhadakte dilonka leke yeh caravan
Chaale aaj dono jaane kaha
[English:]
At the turn (path) of (romantic) love, we
Met, leaving behind all
Taking this camelcade/train (caravan) of (our) beating hearts
We both are going today, (we) don't know where
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The film version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF6LerVqVeM . On screen stars are Dev Anand and Waheeda Rahman.
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