# May he poop on my knee?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 27, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-he-poop-on-my-knee/1004843 "2024-07-27T04:46:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-he-poop-on-my-knee/1004843/1 "2024-07-27T04:46:25Z")

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I’m sure a lot of you, if not most of you, have seen this by now. It’s been around for a decad and a half, anyway.

> **[May He Poop? (an Indian music video translation)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOgALTFzFbQ%2F)**
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> My translation of an Indian music video. This is what I think the words sound like. www.bugben.com

What are the actual lyrics, both in Hindu (or whatever), and in English?

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-he-poop-on-my-knee/1004843/2 "2024-07-27T05:11:16Z")

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Someone posting as _humblefool_ in the comments for that video posted this seven years ago:

> Here is the translation for you guys  
> The first line is actual song and second line translation
> 
> Mehboob mere mehboob mere, teri aankhon se mujhe peene de  
> My beloved, let me take away the sorrow in your eyes
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> Kuch dard hai mere seene mein  
> My heart hurts for love
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> Mujhe mast mahaul mein jeene de  
> Let me live my life in some peace
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> Aah dhola, oh dhola, oh dhola  
> Oh beloved
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> Mujhe mast mast mujhe mast mast  
> Let me live in bliss
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> Aankhon mein kaajal, pairon mein paayal  
> My eyes shaded black and my feet with anklets
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> In adaaon se main karoon sab ko ghaayal  
> I’ll wound everybody with my mannerisms
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> Mehboob ki mehbooba tarse, sach kehde pyaar yeh kab barse  
> The darling of the beloved is waiting for sweet words from him
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> Main teri dulhan banne ko nikli hoon, sajadhaj ke ghar se  
> I’ve come, all decked up to be your bride
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> Mehboob mere mehboob mere, teri aankhon se mujhe peene de  
> My beloved, let me take away the sorrow in your eyes
> 
> Kuch dard hai mere seene mein  
> My heart hurts for love
> 
> Mujhe mast mahaul mein jeene de  
> Let me live my life in some peace
> 
> Mujhe mast mast mujhe mast mast  
> Let me live in bliss
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> Yeh nazar hamaare hai badi karaari, samjho voh jeeta jispe dil haare  
> In my eyes, he wins to whom I lose my heart
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> Haan ishq mohabbat karle tu, yeh pal naa tehrege kal ko  
> Reach out for your love, for this moment may never come again
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> Aa narmi le meri aankhon se, kuch pataa nahin kya ho kal ko  
> Feel the warmth of my eyes, for who know what will happen tomorrow
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> Mehboob mere mehboob mere, teri aankhon se mujhe pine de  
> My beloved, let me take away the sorrow in your eyes
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> Kuch dard hai mere seene mein  
> My heart hurts for love
> 
> Mujhe mast mahaul mein jeene de  
> Let me live my life in some peace

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**Author:** ![ashtayk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ashtayk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashtayk)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-he-poop-on-my-knee/1004843/3 "2024-07-29T17:25:15Z")

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Don’t care about the song but the word you are looking for is “Hindi”; with an “i” at the end. Hindu is the name of the religion and Hindi is one of the many languages spoken in N.India

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-he-poop-on-my-knee/1004843/4 "2024-07-29T18:07:38Z")

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> [@ashtayk](#):
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> Don’t care about the song but the word you are looking for is “Hindi”; with an “i” at the end.

I stand corrected.