RAAT AUR DIN SONG #47 – AAJ KI RAAT PIYA DIL NA TODO

I started this series on my Facebook group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne on 18 Aug 20. Since then, many other members have put up these songs. Here, I shall be giving you one of my own, per day.

This is the Song #47 in the series. I hope you liked Song #46 – Din hain pyare pyare.

Song #47
Aaj ki raat piya dil na todo

Geeta Dutt in Raag Pahadi

Baazi, a 1951 movie, was yet another movie directed by Guru Dutt who was not yet married to him and hence still Geeta Roy.

She sang for Kalpana Kartik, not yet married to Dev Anand. So this movie had two couples at least two years away from being married. What a Baazi! At that time, the lyricist of this song Sahir Ludhianvi was going through a love affair with married Amrita Pritam and hence the movie had a love affair in reel life and three of them in real life!

The Song

It was composed by Geeta Roy/Dutt’s mentor Sachin Dev Burman who made her sing, as I told you, six songs in 1946 movie Do Bhai. She was totally raw at that time and people wondered how was it that Sachin da gave her so many songs at the age of just sixteen.

We talk about the chemistry between Dev Anand and his heroines. But, the one between him and his would be wife is to be seen in their songs including this one and much earlier I had given you a Beautiful Duet: Aankhon mein kya jee? Rupahla badal.

Let’s go through the lyrics penned by Sahir:

आज की रात पिया
आज की रात पिया दिल न तोड़ो
मन कि बात पिय मान लो
आज कि रात पिय

दिल की कहानी अपनी ज़ुबानी तुम को सुनाने आयी हूँ
आँखों में लेके सपने सुहाने अपना बनाने आयी हूँ
चोड़के साथ पिया मूँह न मोड़ो
मन की बात पिया मान लो
आज की रात पिया

चन्दा भी देखे तारे भी देखे हमको गगन की ओट से
घायल किया है दिल तुमने मेरा मेएठि नज़र की चोट से
थाम के हाथ पिया यूँ न चोड़ो
मन की बात पिया मान लो
आज की रात पिया

My Own Poetry

A very short one called:

Sapne Mere Apne

सपनो का राही हूँ,
सपने ही तो मेरे हैं।
जब सपनो से आगे बढ़ा,
वो दिन फिर क्या तेरे हैं?
सपने ही तो उजाले हैं,
बाकी सब अंधेरे हैं।
तुझे रातों के साये पसंद हैं,
मेरे लिए सपने ही सबेरे हैं।
चंद दिन की यहां खुशियां हैं,
जाने कहाँ फिर डेरे हैं?
ज़िन्दगी के क्या माईने हैं?
दो चार रोज़ के फेरे हैं।
जी लेने दे अपनी ज़ुल्फ़ों तले,
जब तक इनके साये घनेरे हैं।

The Song

Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Aaj ki raat piya din na todo…