Beautiful Duet Series
I started this series on my Facebook group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne on 23 Aug 20. Since then, many other members have put up these songs. Here, I shall be giving you one of my own, per day.
Last time, I gave you Beautiful Duet #26 – Ek pyar ka nagma hai. So here, then, is the next one:
Song #27
Yaad mein teri jaag jaag ke hum
Shakeel – Naushad – Rafi – Lata
The 1963 Harnam Singh Rawail movie Mere Mehboob has what I feel is the best ever written not just by Shakeel Badayuni but the best song ever: Mere mehboob tujhe meri mohabbat ki kasam. It was sung separately (not as a duet) by both Rafi for Rajendra Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar for Sadhana. That was in Raag Jhinjhoti and an outstanding Raat Or Din Song. However, I can never put it up.
Yaad mein teri is, of course, a separation song and longing for each other. I feel that the song has very beautiful lyrics:
याद में तेरी जाग-जाग के हम
रात भर करवटें बदलते हैं
हर घड़ी दिल में तेरी उल्फ़त के
धीमे धीमे चिराग़ जलते हैं
जबसे तूने निगाह फेरी है
दिन है सूना तो रात अंधेरी है
चाँद भी अब नजर नहीं आता
अब सितारे भी कम निकलते हैं
याद में तेरी जाग-जाग के हम …
लुट गयी वो बहार की महफ़िल
छुट गयी हमसे प्यार की मंज़िल
ज़िंदगी की उदास राहों में
तेरी यादों के साथ चलते हैं
याद में तेरी जाग-जाग के हम …
तुझको पाकर हमें बहार मिली
तुझसे छुटकर मगर ये बात खुली
बाग़बान ही चमन के फूलों को
अपने पैरों से खुद मसलते हैं
याद में तेरी जाग-जाग के हम …
क्या कहें तुझसे क्यूं हुई दूरी
हम समझते हैं अपनी मजबूरी
तुझको मालूम क्या के तेरे लिये
दिल के गम आँसुओं में ढलते हैं
याद में तेरी जाग-जाग के हम …
Look at the highlighted portions of the lyrics and you’d probably understand what I mean.
My Own Poetry
Of course, I can never give my poems in the same post as Shakeel’s lyrics/poems/ghazals. I can only give what I have written about him.
However, here is about his songs:
Shakeel ke naghmon ki kabhi yaad mujhe nahin aati,
Yaad unaki aati hai jinhen hum bhool jaate hain;
Yahan to har sehar hoti hai unaki shaayari se,
Har shaam unake geeton ko hum dohraate hain.
How Did This Song Come About?
The movie Mere Mehboob had its famous song Mere mehboob tujhe shot in Aligarh Muslim University. That was to describe the emotion of Anwar Hussain Anwar (Rajendra Kumar) after a chance encounter with Husna Bano (Sadhana) even when she was veiled. Ashok Kumar as Nawab Buland Akhtar Changezi approves of the match even though the Nawab is well off and Anwar is poor. They are formally engaged and a wedding date is decided.
All very well? Two things happen that change things for them. One, Anwar is discovered in the company of a lowly courtesan Najma (who is actually Anwar’s sister) and Two, Nawab’s mansion is to be auctioned (his wealthy days are over) and he must marry his sister Husna to Munne Raja (Pran).
The lovers, hence, find their apple or love cart having been upset.
The Song
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Yaad mein teri jaag jaag ke hum…
I hope you liked my choice of Beautiful Duet #27.
Please await Beautiful Duet #28- Aankhon mein kya ji, rupahla baadal.
