Thursday, 29 May 2008

aaKirii giit muhabbat kaa sunaa luuN to chaluuN

Moin Ahsan Jazbi wrote the nazm "apanii so_ii hu_ii duniyaa ko jagaa luu.n to chaluu.n"
apni soii hui duniaa ko jagaa luuN to chaluuN
apne GhamKhane meN ek dhuum machaa lunn to chaluuN
aur ek jaam-e-ma’e talKh chaRha luuN to chaluuN
abhi chaltaa huuN zara khud ko sambhaaluuN to chaluuN

jaane kab pii thii abhi tak hai Gham-e-ma’e ka Khumaar
dhundhlaa dhundhlaa sa nazar aata hai jahaan-e-bedaar
aaNdhiyaaN chaltii haiN duniyaa huii jaati hai Ghubaar
aaNkh to mal luuN zara hosh meN aa luuN to chaluuN

voh meraa sahar voh ejaaz kahaaN hai laana
merii khoii huii aavaaz kahaaN hai laana
voh mera TuuTaa hua saaz kahaaN hai laana
ek zaraa giit bhi is saaz pe gaa luuN to chaluuN

maiN thakaa haaraa tha itne meN jo aaye baadal
kisii matvaale ne chupke se baRhaa di botal
uf voh rangiiN pur-asraar khayaaloN ke mahal
aise do-chaar mahal aur bana luuN to chaluuN

merii aaNkhoN meN abhi tak hai mohabbat ka Guruur
mere honToN ko abhii tak hai sadaaqat ka Guruur
mere maathe pe abhii tak hai sharaafat ka Guruur
aise vahmoN se Kud ko nikaaluuN to chaluuN


Raja Mehdi Ali Khan wrote a similar song for Neela Akash (1965)
aaKirii giit muhabbat kaa sunaa luuN to chaluuN

Sunday, 4 May 2008

Thahari_e hosh meN/dil-e-naadaaN ko sambhaaluuN

Majrooh wrote "Thahari_e hosh me.n aa luu.n to chale jaai_egaa, aap ko dil me.n biThaa luu.n to chale jaai_egaa for the film Mohabbat Isko Kahte Hain (1965).



Kaifi Azmi wrote
dil-e-naadaa.n ko sa.nbhaaluu.n to chale jaai_gaa,
ek zaraa hosh me.n aa luu.n to chale jaai_egaa for Farar (1965).


Both films were released in the same year, and both songs were tuned exquisitely- the former by Khayyam and the latter by Hemant Kumar.

Thursday, 6 March 2008

ham haal-e-dil sunaa_e.nge/aa aa bhii jaa

rahegaa ishq meraa Kaak me.n milaa ke mujhe
hu_e.n hai.n ibtedaa me.n ranj intehaa ke mujhe

Shailendra wrote this for Madhumati (1958) as an antaraa in the song
"ham haal-e-dil sunaa_e.nge suni_e ki na suni_e.

though the relevant verse was not retained in the movie, the complete audio version was released



Later Shailendra used it as a prelude to "aa aa bhii jaa" in Teesri Kasam (966)

Tuesday, 5 February 2008

ye terii saadgii ye teraa baa.nkpan/sonaa nahii.n naa sahii

Mir Vazeer Ali Saba (1793-1855 C.E.)wrote:
tirchhii nazro.n se na dekho aashiq-e-dilgiir ko
kaise tiirandaaz ho siidhaa to kar lo tiir ko

Javed Anwar used this she'r in the song
"ye terii saadgii ye teraa baa.nkpan"
tirchhii nazro.n se na dekho aashiq-e-dilgiir ko
kaise tiirandaaz ho siidhaa to kar lo tiir ko
and added
vo gayaa dil meraa alvidaa alvidaa

in the film Shabnam (1964)



Majrooh Sultanpuri used the same she'r in the song
"sonaa nahii.n naa sahii, chaa.ndii nahii.n naa sahii"

and added

vo baRaa tez hai jo diiwaanaa hai meraa
huu.n usii kii shikaar jo nishaanaa hai meraa
to kholo zulfe.n inkii Kushbuu me.n mahak jaauu.n zaraa
gore tan kii chaa.Ndanii me.n phir chamak jaa_uu.N zaraa
chalo do pal ham ik duuje me.n kho jaaye.n is tarah
bahut din ke tarasate lab lipaT jaaye.n jis tarah
sajan sun-naa jaan-e-tamannaa
sajan sun-naa jaan-e-tamannaa tere liye
sonaa nahii.n naa sahii chaa.ndii nahii.n naa sahii

in the film One Two Ka Four (2001)

*Javed-Anwar were actually two people. Javed was the taKallus of Usha Khanna's father who wrote lyrics under the name of Manohar Khanna as well as ML Khanna, and Anwar in this duo was another lyricist who wrote separately as Rahil Gorakhpuri.

Monday, 4 February 2008

ibtidaa-e-ishq me.n ham saarii raat jaage

Mir Taqi Mir's famous couplet:
ibtidaa-e-ishq hai rotaa hai kyaa
aage aage dekhi_e hotaa hai kyaa

was turned into a duet by Hasrat Jaipuri
ibtidaa-e-ishq me.n ham saarii raat jaage
allaah jaane kyaa hogaa aage...o maula jaane kyaa hogaa aage.
for Hariyali Aur Raasta (1962).


P.S. Though this she'r has gained popular currency in this form, Mir's diiwaan (compiled by Ali Sardar Jafri) records it in a slightly different form:

raah-e-duur-e-ishq se rotaa hai kyaa
aage aage dekhi_e hotaa hai kyaa

Wednesday, 30 January 2008

terii aa.nkho.n ke siwaa duniyaa me.n rakhaa kyaa hai

"terii aa.kno.n ke sivaa duniyaa me.n rakhaa kyaa hai" is a line from Faiz Ahmad Faiz's nazm " mujh sii pahlii sii muhabbat merii mahbuub na maa.ng".
Raj Khosla, the director of the movie Chirag (1969) was a student of Faiz and wanted to use in a song in the film. Majrooh only relented after Faiz gave his wriiten permission to use this line as a mukhRhaa.

dil Dhuu.nDhtaa hai phir wahii

Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib wrote:
jii Dhuu.nDtaa hai phir wahii fursat, ki raat din
baiThe rahe.n tasavvur-e-jaanaa.n kiye hu_e

Gulzar changed a word here a pause there and wrote a song around it for Mausam (1975)
dil Dhuu.nDhtaa hai phir wahii, fursat ke raat din
baiThe rahe tasavvur-e-jaanaa.n kiye huye




P.S. Gulzar wrote in an article in "Filmfare" that originally he had not changed "jii" to "dil", but the Music Director of the movie Madan Mohan showed him a copy of Ghalib's diiwaan which had "dil" instead of "jii" in the said Gazal!