Wednesday 11 March 2009

dillagii ne dii hawaa

Anand Bakshi's song in Dostana (1980)
"dillagii ne dii hawaa thoRaa saa dhuaa.n uThaa"


used the matla of a Jaleel Manikpuri (1866-1946) Ghazal as two separate misras.

dekhaa jo husn-e-yaar tabiiyat machal gayii
aankhoN ka thaa qusuur chhurii dil pe chal gayii

ham tum mile na the to judaaii ka thaa malaal
ab yeh malaal hai ke tamannaa nikal gayii

saaqii teri sharaab jo shiishe meN thii paRii
saaGar meN aake aur bhii saaNche meN Dhal gayii

dushman se phir gayii nigah-e-yaar shukr hai
ek phaaNs thii ke dil se hamaare nikal gayii

piine se kar chukaa tha maiN taubaa magar Jaleel
baadal ka raNg dekh ke niiyyat badal gayii.

Earlier, in Pyaasa (1957), Guru Dutt too had used Jaleel Manakpuri's verse
jab ham chale.n to saayaa bhii apnaa na saath de
jab tum chalo zamiin chale aasmaa.n chale
jab ham ruke.n to saath ruke shaam-e-bekasii
jab tum ruko bahaar ruke chaa.ndanii ruke

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