DOPE: "Ramta Jogi" from "Taal" (1999)

I have the sneaking suspicion I've written about this song before, but I couldn't seem to find the previous post, so let's just pretend I didn't!! LOL

Taal is a Hindi film that remains in my top five favorite list, and this song is one of the reasons for this. The very dapper Anil Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai perform this sultry song fabulously. The entire soundtrack to this film is pretty amazing. This in fact was the very first Hindi film soundtrack I purchased!! 

I hope you all will enjoy "Ramta Jogi" (Lyrics with english translations courtesy of BollyWHAT.com)



na jaane dil vich kii aaya
Who knows what possessed my heart?
ek prem piyaala pii aaya
I drank down a cup of love
mai.n jii aaya mai.n jii aaya
and began to live fully
ek prem piyaala pii aaya
I drank down a cup of love

ramta jogii ramta jogii...
Wandering yogi...

mai.n prem da pyaala pii aaya...
I drank down a cup of love...
 mai.n prem da pyaala pii aaya...
I drank down a cup of love...
ek pal me.n sadiyaa.n jii aaya
in one moment, I lived centuries!

ramta jogii ramta jogii
Wandering yogi

mai.n prem da pyaala pii aaya
I drank down a cup of love;
ek pal me.n sadiyaa.n jii aaya
in one moment, I lived centuries!
saarii madhushaala pii aaya
I drank the entire bar's worth
ek pal me.n sadiyaa.n jii aaya
in one moment, I lived centuries!

mai.n pii aaya...
I drank it up...
mai.n jii aaya
I started to really live...

ramta jogii ramta jogii
Wandering yogi

tuu ramta jogii tuu ramta jogii
You are a wandering yogi
tuu ramta jogii tuu ramta jogii
You are a wandering yogi
tuu ramta jogii tuu ramta jogii
You are a wandering yogi

tuu prem da pyaala pii aaya
come before us having drunk down a draught of love.
ae tere dil vich kii aaya
Oh, your heart was possessed;
tuu prem da pyaala pii aaya
you come before us having drunk down a draught of love.
ae tere dil vich kii aaya
Your heart was overwhelmed.

saarii madhushaala pii aaya
I drank the entire bar's worth
ek pal me.n sadiyaa.n jii aaya
in one moment, I lived centuries!
mai.n pii aaya...
I drank it up...
mai.n jii aaya
I started to really live...

tuu ramta jogii tuu ramta jogii
You are a wandering yogi,
ramta jogii ramta jogii
wandering yogi

yeh jog liya kis kaaraN
For what reason did you become a yogi?
yeh rog liya kis kaaraN
Why did you contract this illness?
yeh jog liya kis kaaraN
For what reason did you become a yogi?
yeh rog liya kis kaaraN
Why did you contract this illness?

o ek jogan baiTHii basti me.n
O, a wisewoman was hanging around the neighborhood,
ek mauj uTHii to mastii me.n
and a wave of ecstasy swept over me.
o ek jogan baiTHii basti me.n
O, a wisewoman was hanging around the neighborhood,
ek mauj uTHii to mastii me.n
and a wave of ecstasy swept over me.
dil bhii aaya mai.n pii aaya
My heart was overwhelmed, and I drank!

mai.n prem pyaala pii aaya
I drank down a cup of love;
mai.n pii aaya mai.n jii aaya
I drank, and I began to live.
mai.n prem pyaala pii aaya
I drank down a cup of love;
mai.n jii aaya
I started to really live..

tuu ramta jogii tuu ramta jogii
You are a wandering yogi.

man me.n lagan yeh jagii jag chhuuTa
When this desire arose in my mind, I renounced the world.
jag chhuuTa jiya bairaagii
I renounced the world for the life of an ascetic.
yeh baat vahaa.n tak na pahu.nchii
Nothing affects me;
yeh choT jiya tak na lagii
no wound can strike my heart;
yeh dard zabaan tak na aaya
I don't give voice to pain.
yeh tere dil vich kii aaya
This heart of yours was overwhelmed.

saarii madhushaala pii aaya
I drank the entire bar's worth
ek pal me.n sadiyaa.n jii aaya
in one moment, I lived centuries!
mai.n pii aaya...
I drank it up...
mai.n jii aaya
I started to really live...
ramta jogii ramta jogii
wandering yogi
tuu ramta jogii tuu ramta jogii
You are a wandering yogi