Lyrics on request – English translation of song ‘Khwaja mere khwaja’ from the movie Jodhaa Akbar

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Movie – Jodhaa Akbar
Cast – Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Ila Arun, Poonam Sinha, Sonu Sood, Suhasini Mulay
Director – Ashutosh Gowariker
Music Director – A.R. Rahman
Song – Khwaja Mere Khwaja
Lyrics – Kashif
Singer – A.R. Rahman & chorus

Tadka reader Partha Mohanram had posted the english translation of this song, as a comment. The Tadka team thanks him for his contribution. The translation was requested by Tadka reader Richard Major. The translation posted below is a combination of the author and the guest’s views.

Note – Dear readers, all the words in the lyrics of this song, have the first letter as capital, since the song is divine to a high extent. In case of any translated text, that the author might have posted incorrectly, we request our Muslim readers to help us rectify the mistake.

Khwaja Jee…
(O Saint Khwaja)
Khwaja…
Khwaja Jee…Khwaja Jee….
Khwaja Jee…..
Ya Gareeb Nawaaz…
(The one who listens to the prayers of the poor)
Ya Gareeb Nawaaz….
Ya Gareeb Nawaaz…
(Ya Gareeb Nawaaz)
Ya Moin-ud-din…Ya Moin-ud-din..
(O Moin-ud-din Chisti, O Khwaja Saint)
Ya Moin-ud-din…
Ya Khwaja Jee…Ya Khwaja Jee….
Ya Khwaja Jee…Ya Khwaja Jee..
Ya Khwaja Jee….

Khwaja Mere Khwaja
(O saint khwaja)
Dil Mein Samaa Ja
(Please take shelter in my heart)
Shaahon Ka Shah Tu
(You are emperor of emperors)
Ali Ka Dulaara
(And you are the beloved of Ali)

Khwaja Mere Khwaja, (ni ga ga ga)X4
Dil Mein Samaa Ja, (sa ri ri ri)x4
Shahon Ka Shah Tu
Ali Ka Dulaara (ni sa ga sa)x4

Khwaja Mere Khwaja
Dil Mein Samaa Ja

Khwaja Mere Khwaja
Dil Mein Samaa Ja

Beqasson Ki Taqdeer
Tune Hai Sawaari, Tune Hai Sawaari
(The destiny of the ones in despair,
you have changed for the better)

Beqasson Ki Taqdeer
Tune Hai Sawaari, (Hai Sawaari)
Tune Hai Sawaari, (Hai Sawaari)

Khwaja Mere Khwaja…

Tere Durbaar Mein Eh Khwaja
(In your presence, O Saint Khwaja)
Noor To Hai Dekha
(We have been blessed with the divine light)
aa…
Tere Durbaar Mein Eh Khwaja
(And in your presencse, O great Saint)
Sar Jhukaate Hain Auliyaa
(Your confidantes/protectors/confessors bow down to you)
Tu Hai Hindal-wali Khwaja
(You are the Hindal-Wali Khwaja)
Rutba Hai, Pyaara
(Your status is glorious/great)

Chaahne Se Tujhko O Khwaja Jee
Mustafa Ko Paaya
(By wishing/worshipping you Khwaja,
I have found Mohammed [the chosen one])

Khwaja Mere Khwaja, Khwaja Mere Khwaja
Dil ein Samaa Ja, Khwaja, Samaa Ja
Shaahon Ka Shah Tu, Shah Tu
Ali Ka Dulaara

hmm…
Mere Peer Ka Sadka…
(In the alms of my old age)
Mere Peer Ka Sadka….
Hai Mere Peer Ka Sadka
Tera Daaman Hai Thaama
( I have come in your refuge)
Khwaja Jee…
Talee Har Balaa, Hamari
(All my problems/crisis have been averted)
Chhaaya Hai Khumaar, Tera
(Your trance is all over me)
Jitna Bhi Rashq Karein Beshaque
(No matter how much one may envy (rashk) be jealous)
To Kum Hai, Eh Mere Khwaja
(Its just too less, o khwaja)
Tere Kadmon Ko Mere Rehnumaa Nahi Chhoddna Gawaara
(Its not acceptable(gawara), o my guide(rehnuma),
to leave your feet(kadmon) now)

Khwaja Mere Khwaja, Khwaja Khwaja
Dil Mein Samaa Ja, Samaa Ja, Samaa Ja
Shaahon Ka Shah Tu,
Ali Ka Dulaara

Khwaja Mere Khwaja, Khwaja Khwaja
Dil Mein Samaa Ja, Samaa Ja, Samaa Ja
Shaahon Ka Shah Tu,
Ali Ka Dulaara

Khwaja Mere Khwaja, Khwaja Mere Khwaja
Dil Mein Samaa Ja
Khwaja Mere Khwaja, Khwaja Mere Khwaja
Dil Mein Samaa Ja, Dil Mein Samaa Ja

Beqasson Ki Taqdeer
Tune Hai Sawaari, (Tune Hai Sawaari)
Beqasson Ki Taqdeer
Tune Hai Sawaari, (Tune Hai Sawaari)
Sawaari, Sawaari

Khwaja Mere Khwaja, Mere Khwaja
Dil Mein Samaa Ja, Khwaja Jee
Shaahon Ka Shah Tu, Khwaja Jee
Ali Ka Dulaara, Khwaja Jee

Khwaja Jee, Khwaja Jee, Khwaja Jee
Khwaja Jee, Khwaja Jee, Khwaja Jee
Khwaja Jee…
Khwaja Jee…
Khwaja Jee, Khwaja Jee, Khwaja Jee
Khwaja Jee…
Khwaja Jee…
Khwaja Jee, Khwaja Jee, Khwaja Jee

37 Comments »

  1. Berly Thomas March 17, 2008 at 2:45 pm - Reply

    great attempt,
    thanx.

  2. sini March 26, 2008 at 9:51 am - Reply

    thankyou soo much

  3. Mahiar March 31, 2008 at 5:27 pm - Reply

    was in trance while reading the meaning in english and listening to it simulataneously.

    Thanks
    I love this song more than anyother song and will listen to it every day first thing in the morning.

    Thanks once again!!!

  4. r@ch April 17, 2008 at 4:53 pm - Reply

    thanx for makingme understand d real meaning of d marvellous song…Hats Off

  5. Harwin April 29, 2008 at 2:43 pm - Reply

    Wow!!!! the meaning is so inspiring… I love this song. Thank you for the translation… ;)

  6. ******** July 8, 2008 at 9:01 pm - Reply

    What a Great composition….Completely Divine..Just leave you in trance after listening for couple of times…

  7. najibah September 12, 2008 at 5:00 pm - Reply

    if you fell in love this song then you must know whom it is about,no???? but you love it right? now you must fing out..go to http://www.iqou-moa.org an see what you come up with (the real)story of the man the song was writting for muhammad(peace be upon him)

  8. Hardeep January 16, 2009 at 5:19 pm - Reply

    Its a lovely song .. the meaning made it reach it to the heart ..giving one the peace and love which is divine.

    Thanks

  9. correction August 2, 2009 at 9:49 pm - Reply

    Chaahne Se Tujhko O Khwaja Jee
    Mustafa Ko Paaya
    (By wishing/worshipping you Khwaja,
    I have found Mohammed [the chosen one])

    Chaahne – loving

    Not worshipping. In sufism they only worship one god, god of all. Here in this song the singer is PRAISING Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti.

  10. Satya March 24, 2010 at 2:18 pm - Reply

    thanks.. Handy..
    Thanks for taking the pain and translating it for our comprehension.

  11. A N PRANAV August 20, 2010 at 1:31 pm - Reply

    its a heart touching essence of music seriously

  12. Abhiram August 29, 2010 at 9:51 pm - Reply

    Thanx a lot. I love listenin to dis song and nw after knwing its meaning its fantastic. Great lyrics ever heard

  13. Karthic November 18, 2010 at 6:06 pm - Reply

    Lifetime Song. Accidently I became a serious devotee of Shirdi Sai Baba. I listen to this song imagining as this song is composed for Sai. And I get a great spiritual feel. Jai ho ARR!!

  14. Tanvi November 20, 2010 at 5:19 pm - Reply

    Masha Allah
    Wat a song

    Very peacefull

    Very touching

    Heart Melting

  15. rajib January 4, 2011 at 10:48 am - Reply

    this song is a kind of shirk. becacuse we only worship ALLAH , One and only Allah, not a creation of Allah.ALLAH forgives all kind of sins in a condition but not the shirk .

  16. ANIL January 27, 2011 at 11:40 am - Reply

    Marvellous,

    very good song ,which gives peace to heart

  17. puru April 12, 2011 at 2:55 pm - Reply

    i love this song but i am not muslim this song is very emotinal hr=eart touching song i love khwaja mere khwaja

  18. hams June 4, 2011 at 4:03 pm - Reply

    gud song :)

  19. dexA June 29, 2011 at 12:36 am - Reply

    GOOD TRY!! great song

  20. Minhaz Mamun August 29, 2011 at 3:23 am - Reply

    This song is simply a shirk.. excrutiatingly painful to see muslims have degraded so much.

  21. Shashwat Adhikari Rahman September 19, 2011 at 6:46 pm - Reply

    I hope AR Rahman is an expert for sufi songs. This one and the song ‘Arziyaan’ of delhi 6 are my best sufi songs ever.

  22. swarnali roychoudhury September 21, 2011 at 11:26 pm - Reply

    really good work……………thnx a lot!

  23. Tushar October 24, 2011 at 12:29 pm - Reply

    Great translation, I am a Hindu (on paper) but I like to read Quran. I also believe in PEER BABA. Could anybaody tell me more about PEER BABA? Om Namah Shivay

  24. Nirmala February 14, 2012 at 4:50 am - Reply

    I love this song. What a good idea to listen to it every morning like Mahiar does.

  25. abhirami js May 4, 2012 at 8:34 pm - Reply

    thanks to a r rahman to give this much fantastic song

  26. prince May 6, 2012 at 11:32 am - Reply

    thanx

  27. Shelly June 17, 2012 at 2:20 am - Reply

    I just wanted to share that the sufi interpretation of the word Kwaja means “a master” meaning a teacher. Hence, a master and his disciples. A master is also teacher, hence, he is also known as Mwalim.

  28. Zulfiquar Ali September 6, 2012 at 9:44 pm - Reply

    Beautiful song. Touches the heart. I listen to it everyday. Thank you.

  29. Aman January 3, 2013 at 4:12 am - Reply

    Hi what does this actual song mean?

  30. Pyara January 7, 2013 at 6:53 am - Reply

    Wonderful! Thanks for taking time to translate!

  31. Mahek January 16, 2013 at 9:08 am - Reply

    I liked dis song very much and it has gr8 meaning .

  32. Mahendra singh February 7, 2013 at 1:23 pm - Reply

    Whenevr I am sad n upset with my life I hear ths song after which trust me I feel relaxed and overwhelmed, it makes me feel that there is almighty who hav his hands on me to protect me from all the uncertainities and difficulties of life, hats off to u Mr Rahman, ur an outstanding Artist, my heart goes out for u.

  33. Gopal March 14, 2013 at 12:14 pm - Reply

    My eyes are wet, heart is heavy, full of emotions.. Just enables us to understand how Islam is filled with love, brotherhood & goodwill. AR Rahman resides just couple of streets across from the place i live, wish to thank him everyday of my life.

  34. Yasmine March 29, 2013 at 4:19 pm - Reply

    Excellent song , Javed Ali done a wonderful performance at the ICC in Durban for this song, absolutely loved it

  35. soumya April 9, 2013 at 8:20 am - Reply

    superb song……
    masha allah

    whenever i am sad i’ll listen to this sng..
    composition,singing,movie every thing is awesome

  36. Love For Mohammad May 9, 2013 at 1:19 pm - Reply

    God is Great….He’s the one who gives all the relishes, joys and luxuries and in returns asks for only one favour, “REMEMBER AND WORSHIP ME!”

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