Arijit Singh’s song “Tomake Chai” from the album Gangster features lyrics by Prasen and music by Arindom. Starring Yash Dasgupta and Mimi Chakraborty, it opens with an admission of being lost in another’s presence. The song states its main point directly: “If you want to know the truth, I want you.”
Released: September 11, 2016
Tomake Chai
Arijit Singh • From “Gangster”
Lyricist
Prasen
Composer
Arindom
Gangster’s Tomake Chai Lyrics Translation
The commitment is later presented as a sacred promise made in both a temple and a mosque. This total surrender is confirmed when the person describes changing from a single drop into an entire ocean. They yield their identity, asking to be shaped according to the other’s wishes.
Tomar Naamer RoddureIn the sunshine of your name
Aami Dubechi SomuddureI have drowned in the ocean
Jani Na Jabo Koto Dure EkhonoI still don’t know how far I will go
Amar Pora KopaleInto my cursed destiny
Aar Amar Shondhe SokaleAnd into my evenings and my mornings
Tumi Keno Ele Jani Na EkhonoI still don’t know why you appeared
Fondi Aante Mon PalabarMy mind, once scheming to escape
Bondi Aache Kache Se TomarIs now held prisoner close to you
Jodi Sotti Jante ChaoIf you want to know the truth
Tomake Chai Tomake ChaiI want you, I want you
Jodi Mitthe Mante ChaoIf you want to believe it’s a lie
Tomakei ChaiIt’s you I want
Jodi Sotti Jante ChaoIf you want to know the truth
Tomake Chai Tomake ChaiI want you, I want you
Jodi Mitthe Mante ChaoIf you want to believe it’s a lie
Tomakei ChaiIt’s you I want
Holo Shuru Shaat DineIt all began in seven days
Ei Khela-Dhulo Raat-DinerThis endless game of night and day
Jani Baron Korar Shaddho Nei Aar AmarI know I no longer have the strength to stop it
Tomar Naamer MondireIn the temple of your name
Aar Tomar Naamer MosjideAnd in the mosque of your name
Aami Kotha Diye Esechi Baar BaarI have made a promise, again and again
Bindu Theke Sindhu Hoye JaaiFrom a single drop, I become an ocean
Tumi Icche Moto Amake SajaoYou shape me exactly as you wish
Jodi Sotti Jante ChaoIf you want to know the truth
Tomake Chai Tomake ChaiI want you, I want you
Jodi Mitthe Mante ChaoIf you want to believe it’s a lie
Tomakei ChaiIt’s you I want
Jodi Sotti Jante ChaoIf you want to know the truth
Tomake Chai Tomake ChaiI want you, I want you
Jodi Mitthe Mante ChaoIf you want to believe it’s a lie
Tomakei ChaiIt’s you I want
Moner Gobhire Ghumer ShorireDeep in my soul, in a body of sleep
Tomake Niye Dube JaaboI will dive down completely, taking you with me
Amar Kaaje Karon-o AacheThere’s a reason behind what I do
Nijeke Aami Khujei NeboI am certain I will find myself
Jodi Sotti Jante ChaoIf you want to know the truth
Tomake Chai Tomake ChaiI want you, I want you
Jodi Mitthe Mante ChaoIf you want to believe it’s a lie
Tomakei ChaiIt’s you I want
Jodi Sotti Jante ChaoIf you want to know the truth
Tomake Chai Tomake ChaiI want you, I want you
Jodi Mitthe Mante ChaoIf you want to believe it’s a lie
The repeated phrase “Tomakei Chai” acts as a statement of fact, not a simple desire. The song follows a person from feeling like a prisoner to fully dissolving their own form. The meaning of the ‘Tomake Chai’ lyrics is this complete submission of the self to another person.
