साथियों, अगर तुम लोग एक-दूसरे का साथ नहीं दोगे, तो तुम मुझसे कैसे उम्मीद करते हो कि मैं तुम्हारा नेतृत्व करूँ?
Boys, if you don't stick together, how do you expect me to follow you-ah?
Boys, if you don't stick together, how do you expect me to follow you-ah?
1969 तक, जब मैंने संगीत की दुनिया में अपने 45 साल पूरे किए, तो हमारे इस संगीत परिवार में 45 लोग भी शामिल हो चुके थे।
By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.
By 1969, when I celebrated 45 years in the music business, I also had 45 people in our musical family.
जब मैंने अपना अकॉर्डियन नीचे रखा और किसी युवती को बांहों में लेकर थिरकने लगा, तो बातचीत की कोई जरूरत ही महसूस नहीं हुई।
Conversation didn't seem necessary when I put the accordion down and swung some young lady around the floor.
Conversation didn't seem necessary when I put the accordion down and swung some young lady around the floor.
सपने सच होते हैं, यहाँ तक कि उस इंसान के भी जिसे अंग्रेजी बोलनी नहीं आती थी, जिसने कभी संगीत की कोई शिक्षा नहीं ली थी और जिसकी ज़्यादा पढ़ाई-लिखाई भी नहीं हुई थी।
Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.
Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.
कुछ समय तक हमें शैंपेन की बोतल से कॉर्क खुलने की आवाज़ को रिकॉर्ड करने में परेशानी हुई। मैंने अपने मुँह में उंगली डालकर और उसे चटखारे के साथ बाहर निकालकर इस समस्या का समाधान कर लिया।
For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork exploding out of the bottle. I solved the problem by sticking my finger in my mouth and popping it out.
For a while we had trouble trying to get the sound of a champagne cork exploding out of the bottle. I solved the problem by sticking my finger in my mouth and popping it out.
मुझे पूरी उम्मीद थी कि मैं अपने पिता और भाइयों की तरह एक किसान बनूँगा। जीवन बहुत सुखद और व्यवस्थित प्रतीत होता था।
I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly.
I expected to be a farmer like my father and brothers. Life seemed pleasant and orderly.
यदि आप अपनी पूरी ताकत, आस्था और ऊर्जा किसी काम में लगा देते हैं और अपना सर्वश्रेष्ठ देने की कोशिश करते हैं, तो पैसा अपने आप आ जाता है।
If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.
If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.
मेरे अंदर सीखने, आगे बढ़ने और अपने अंदर किसी भी तरह के सुधार के लिए जो भी क्षमता है उसे विकसित करने की जबरदस्त इच्छा है।
I have a tremendous desire to learn, and to grow, and to develop whatever I have that will make for any kind of improvement in me.
I have a tremendous desire to learn, and to grow, and to develop whatever I have that will make for any kind of improvement in me.
मैंने अभी-अभी एक किताब लिखी है, लेकिन उसे खरीदने के लिए अभी मत दौड़ पड़िएगा, क्योंकि मुझे नहीं लगता कि वह अभी पूरी हुई है।
I just wrote a book, but don't go out and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished yet.
I just wrote a book, but don't go out and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished yet.
मंदी के बावजूद, या शायद उसी की वजह से, लोग अच्छे समय की तलाश में थे और नाच-गाकर एक शाम बिताना इसके लिए एक बेहतरीन जरिया लगा।
In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a good time, and an evening of dancing seemed a good way to have it.
In spite of the Depression, or maybe because of it, folks were hungry for a good time, and an evening of dancing seemed a good way to have it.
मुझे मशहूर होने के बुरे पहलुओं का एहसास हुआ; सफलता अच्छी तो लगती है, लेकिन जब आप असफल होते हैं तो उसे स्वीकार करना उतना ही कठिन हो जाता है।
I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.
I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.
यह अजीब है कि हम व्यक्तिगत निराशा के पलों में कैसा बर्ताव करते हैं।
It's curious how we act in moments of personal despair.
It's curious how we act in moments of personal despair.
संगीत मेरी खुशी था, मेरा घर था, वह इकलौता स्थान था जहाँ मुझे खुशी और सुकून मिलता था।
Music was my joy, my home, the one place I felt happy and secure.
Music was my joy, my home, the one place I felt happy and secure.
मेरा उच्चारण अभी भी खराब था। किसी ऐसे व्यक्ति से बातचीत शुरू करना मेरे लिए बहुत मुश्किल था जिसे मैं नहीं जानता था।
My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know.
My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know.
मेरी पहली प्रस्तुति, जब भी मैं कोई नई शुरुआत करता हूँ, आमतौर पर बहुत सफल नहीं होती। मैं धीरे-धीरे लेकिन मजबूती से आगे बढ़ता हूँ।
My first appearance, the first time I try anything, invariably is not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.
My first appearance, the first time I try anything, invariably is not very successful. I tend to grow slowly, but solidly.
भगवान के अलावा कभी भी किसी पर पूरी तरह भरोसा मत करो। लोगों से प्यार करो, लेकिन अपना पूरा भरोसा सिर्फ भगवान पर रखो।
Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.
Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.
एक बार मैंने अपने ऑर्केस्ट्रा का परिचय शैंपेन म्यूजिक मेकर्स के बजाय शैम्पू म्यूजिक मेकर्स के रूप में दे दिया था।
One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.
One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.
पेंसिल्वेनिया के पिट्सबर्ग स्थित विलियम पेन होटल के इटालियन टेरेस रूम के मंच पर, 1938 में... वही जगह जहाँ 'शैंपेन म्यूजिक' का जन्म हुआ था।
On the stage of the Italian Terrace Room in the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1938 ... the place where Champagne Music was born.
On the stage of the Italian Terrace Room in the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1938 ... the place where Champagne Music was born.
बार-बार मैं अपने जीवन के आशीर्वादों को देखकर अचंभित रह जाता हूँ: हर बीता हुआ साल पिछले साल से बेहतर होता गया है।
Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.
Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.
शुरुआती वर्षों में श्रोताओं को जो सबसे ज़्यादा पसंद आए, वे लेनन परिवार की चार बेटियाँ थीं जो पूरे देश की लाड़ली बहनें बन गई थीं।
The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters.
The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters.
अच्छे और बुरे दिन हर किसी की ज़िंदगी में आते हैं, और आज का दिन उन्हीं में से एक है।
There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.
There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.
यह मेरे द्वारा पढ़ी गई अब तक की सबसे बेहतरीन आत्मकथा है।
This is the best biography by me I have ever read.
This is the best biography by me I have ever read.
कोई उपयोगी प्रतिभा मिलना और उसका अपनी पूरी क्षमता के साथ भरपूर उपयोग कर पाना—मेरे लिए यह एक ऐसा सुख है जिसकी बराबरी शायद ही किसी और चीज़ से हो सके।
To be granted some kind of usable talent and to be able to use it to the fullest extent of which you are capable - this, to me, is a kind of joy that is almost unequaled.
To be granted some kind of usable talent and to be able to use it to the fullest extent of which you are capable - this, to me, is a kind of joy that is almost unequaled.
सच कहें तो हमारा परिवार संगीत से जुड़ा हुआ था। जब मैं छोटा था, तब हम इतने गरीब थे कि रात के खाने में अक्सर सिर्फ एक कटोरा दूध-रोटी मिलती थी, इसके बावजूद पिताजी ने जैसे-तैसे पैसे बचाकर हमारे लिए एक छोटा पैडल वाला हारमोनियम खरीद ही लिया, और मुझे वह बाजा बेहद पसंद था।
We really were a very musical family. In spite of the fact that we were so poor when I was a youngster that supper was often just a bowl of bread and milk, Father somehow managed to squeeze out enough pennies to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument too.
We really were a very musical family. In spite of the fact that we were so poor when I was a youngster that supper was often just a bowl of bread and milk, Father somehow managed to squeeze out enough pennies to buy us a small pump organ, and I just loved this instrument too.
जब मेरे माता-पिता सबसे पहले वहाँ पहुँचे थे, तो नॉर्थ डकोटा को अभी-अभी अमेरिकी राज्य का दर्जा मिला था, और वह इलाका तब काफी बीहड़ और वीरान था।
When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.
When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.