Song: Maula Mere Le Le Meri Jaan
From movie: Chak De! India
Music: Salim-Sulaiman
Lyrics: Jaideep Sahni
Singers: Salim Merchant, Krishna Beura
Teeja Tera Rang Tha Main Toh…
I was Your third color
(The national flag of India, sometime also known as Indian tri-color has three colors in it, saffron,
white and green, top to bottom. Shah Rukh Khan is portraying a Muslim character in the movie and
as green is also the color of Islam, he is referring himself to that green color)
Jiya Tere Dhang Se Main Toh
I lived my life in Your ways (according to Your traditions)
Tu Hi Tha Maula, Tu Hi Aan
You are my God, You are my pride (Calling out to his country)
Maula Mere Le Le Meri Jaan…
Oh God (my country)! My life is Yours to take

Teeja Tera Rang Tha Main Toh…
I was Your third color
Jiya Tere Dhang Se Main Toh
I lived my life in Your ways
Tu Hi Tha Maula, Tu Hi Aan
You are my God, You are my pride
Maula Mere Le Le Meri Jaan…
Oh God! My life is Yours to take

Tere Sang Kheli Holi, Tere Sang Thi Diwali
I played Holi with You, and I also celebrated Diwali/Deepawali with You
(Holi-Festival of colours; Diwali-Festival of lights)
Tere Anganon Ki Chhaya, Tere Sang Sawan Aaya
Your courtyard provided shade to me, You also brought the rains
Pher Le Tu Chahe Nazaren Chahe Chura Le…
You may turn Your head away from me and not look into my eyes now
Laut Ke Tu Aayega Re, Shart Laga Le…
But You’ll come back, I’m betting on it

Teeja Tera Rang Tha Main Toh…
I was Your third color
Jiya Tere Dhang Se Main Toh
I lived my life in Your ways
Tu Hi Tha Maula, Tu Hi Aan
You are my God, You are my pride
Maula Mere Le Le Meri Jaan…
Oh God! My life is Yours to take

Mitti Meri Thi Boori
The land/soil I belong to is also brown
(I am also pure at heart)
Wohi Mere Ghee Aur Churi
I ate the same ghee and sweets (like my fellow countryman)
(Ghee is a fat produced from milk, richer than oil
which is used in India for cooking and or decorating food with richness)
Wohi Raanjhe Mere Wohi Heer
I believed in same Raanjha’s and Heer’s that lived in Your country
(Referring to Heer-Raanjha/Raanjhanaa, a famous romantic couple in Indian History,
similar to Romeo-Juliet)
Wohi Sevaiyyan Wohi Kheer
I ate the same Sevaiyaan and Kheer, which is a specialty of Your country
(Sevaiyyan is a sweet-dish made using vermicelli and Kheer is rice-pudding)
Tujh Se Hi Rooth Na Re Tujhe Hi Manana…
You’re the one who’s upset with me and You’re the one whom I have to appease
Tere Mera Naata Koi Dooja Na Jaana…
No one can understand the depth of our relationship

Teeja Tera Rang Tha Main Toh…
I was Your third color
Jiya Tere Dhang Se Main Toh
I lived my life in Your ways
Tu Hi Tha Maula, Tu Hi Aan
You are my God, You are my pride
Maula Mere Le Le Meri Jaan…
Oh God! My life is Yours to take