Sahir Ludhianvi: Silver Memories, Romantic Sahir |
Sahir Ludhianvi: Silver Memories, Romantic Sahir |
mmuk2004 |
Jun 2 2006, 07:45 PM
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Hi
I am starting a topic on Sahir Ludhianvi that has been posted in another forum before. It was started on his death anniversary, a nostalgia trip beginning with some of his romantic lyrics. Feel free to add on songs that make you feel mmmm....warm and woolly-headed , angry and passionate , sad and philosophical or just plain confused and... all those other complex emotions related to the thing called ...love??? Remembering him through his romantic duets: Situation: Dream Sequence. To expand upon it: the impoverished hero and the heroine express their love for each other in gorgeous surroundings, which would otherwise not be possible given the hero's depressing penury. Moreover the situation is literally a dream, which is not realised as the heroine later on opts for a more stable marriage with a well established publisher. Note the wonderful lyrics, the entire song is posed as question upon question with the female counteracting the male's romantic metaphors with her teasing counter images... Wonderfully captures the mood of the film and yet stands on its own as classic romantic chedkhani. Hum aap ki aankhon mein is dil ko basa dein to Hum moond ke palkon ko is dil ko saza dein to Hum aap ki aankhon mein is dil ko basa dein to In zulfon mein goondege hum phool mohabbat ke Zulfon ko jhatak kar hum yeh phool gira dein to Hum aap ko kwaabon mein la la ke satayenge Hum aap ki aankhon se neendein hi uda de to Hum aap ke kadmon par gir jayenge ghas khakar Is par bhi na hum apne aanchal ki hawa dein to Hum aap ki aankon mein is dil ko basa dein to Hum moond ke palkon ko is dil ko saza dein to "This isn't right, this isn't even wrong." Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958) "There are no facts, only interpretations." Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
mmuk2004 |
Jun 15 2006, 02:08 AM
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Lovely song Sonu, thank you for writing down the lyrics. It definitely makes one take a closer look at the song.
Surprisingly Sahir and MM collaborated in just three films, Railway Platform(1955), Ghazal(1964), Laila Majnu(1976)...wonder why? and that too with gaps that are ten years long. Sahir was particular about the way his lyrics were set to music and hence known to interfere with the music directors, I remember reading in an article on Chitragupt that that was one of the reasons why Chitragupt composed very few songs for Sahir. The song has three versions. One by Lata and two by Rafi. I am uploading all three. The song that I am uploading has a different arrangement of the stanzas from the one you penned down plus an additional stanza so I am taking the liberty to repeat the lyrics. Lata version: Nagma o sher ki saugat kise pesh karun Ye chanakte hue jazbaat kise pesh karun Shok aankhon ke ujalon ko lutaun kis per Mast zulphon siyah raat kise pesh karun Garm saason mein chupe raaz bataun kisko(2) Narm hoton mein dabi baat kise pesh karun Koi hamraaz to payun koi hamdam to mile Dil ke dhadkan ke isharaat kise pesh karun Nagma o sher ki saugaat Rafi version 2: Ishq ke garmiye jazbaat kise pesh karun Ye sulagte hue din raat kise pesh karun Teri awaaz ke jadu ne jagaya hai jinhe(2) wo tasavvur wo khayalat kise pesh karun Aye meri jaane ghazal aye meri imaane ghazal Ab siva tere ye naghmaat kise pesh karun Koi hamraaz to paayun koi hamdam to mile(2) Dil ke dhadkan ke ishaarat kise pesh karun Rafi version 1: Rang aur noor ki baraat kise pesh karoon Ye muradon ki haseen raat kise pesh karoon Maine jazbaat nibhayen hain usulon ki jagah(2) Apne armaan piro layan hoon phoolon ki jagah Tere sehre ki ye saugat kise pesh karoon Ye muradon ki haseen raat kise pesh karoon Ye mere sher mere aakhri nazrane hain(2) Main un apno mein hoon jo aaj se begaane hain Betaauluk si mulaaqat kise pesh karoon Ye muradon ki... Surkh jode ki tabo taab mubarak ho tujhe(2) Teri aankhon ka naya khwaab mubarak ho tujhe Main ye khwaish ye khayalat kise pesh karoon Ye muradon ki... Kaun kehta hai ke chahat pe sabhi ka haq hai(2) Tu jise chahe tera pyar usi ka haq hai Mujh se kehde(2), main tera haath kise pesh karoon Ye muradon ki... So many lines stand out in Sahir's songs surprising you out of set modes of thinking and moralities... "Maine jazbaat nibhayen hai usuloon ki jagah" "Kaun kehta hai ke chahat pe sabhi ka haq hai/Tu jise chahe tera pyar usi ka haq hai". The claim of rejected lovers, that which they console themselves with, the right to the emotion of love itself is wrested from them here and granted to the beloved. "Mujh se keh de...Rafi voice lingers on this indulgent phrase and then repeats it emotively before completing the statement that is the final sacrifice of the lover, "main tera haath kise pesh karun". The rhetorical question of "rang aur noor ki barat kise pesh karun", underlining the destitiution of the lover has reached its tragic conclusion, in this gesture of the last stanza which is again stated in the form of a question. "This isn't right, this isn't even wrong." Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958) "There are no facts, only interpretations." Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
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