RAAT AUR DIN SONG #48 – ZINDAGI KE SAFAR MEIN

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 #47 – Aaj ki raat piya dil na todo.

Song #48
Zindagi ke safar mein
Theme-word: Ek baar chale jaate hain jo Din-Raat, Subah-O-Shaam, woh phir nahin aate

Din Raat and not Zindagi Song

I have mentioned this a number of times that Din or Raat are caused by the rotation of the Earth around the Sun. A number of these put together is Zindagi. Here in this song, in the last stanza, the way Anand Bakshi brought out the passing of Din-Raat and Subah-O-Shaam, I would prefer this to be used as a Raat or Din song than Zindagi song. In any case, many of you would agree with me, especially after 08 Mar 2021 that you can’t stop Din Raat, Subah Shaam. You let moments go by, like grains of sand, they don’t return again.

Lets put it this way: the richest man or woman on Earth can buy everything else except the moment gone by.

Raag Bihag

Today is the day when everyone is talking about raagas. I had put up a song in Raag Bihag at a very early stage in my Raaga Based Song of the Day series: Tere sur aur mere geet from Vijay Bhatt’s Goonj Uthi Shehnai. The plot of his Baiju Bawra was copied in Raja Nawathe’s Basant Bahar enabling Shankar Jaikishan to try to outdo Naushad’s 13 raaga based songs in it. In Goonj Uthi Shehnai Vijay Bhatt repeated the magic of raaga based songs through Bharat Vyas and Vasant Desai.

In my holy book Sri Guru Granth Sahib Raag Bihagra occurs on pages 537 to 557. Raag Bihag is from the Bilawal thaat (also in SGGS). Normally, Bihag is used as a wedding raag since it is both romantic and celebratory. However, Rahul Dev Burman has used it here in Karuna ras and not Sringar.

Anand Bakshi and RD Burman

I have already brought out that their pairing was the second most pairing used (the first one being Anand Bakshi and Laxmikant Pyarelal) and some of the most memorable songs in Hindi movies have been created by this pair (Recall Aandhi songs).

Aap Ki Kasam

(Poster courtesy: en.wikipedia.org)

The song is from the 1974 movie by this name produced and directed (his debut) by J Om Prakash. The names of movies by him had to start with the letter A as told to him by an astrologer (Films people believe in it more than average people since huge chunks of money are involved). So he made such movies as this, Aakraman, Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka, Aakhir Kyun?, Apnapan, Aasha, Aadmi Khilauna Hai and Aan Milo Sajna.

Kishore Kumar

Whatever you do and think, there is no way you can ever find Kishore Kumar anything but adorable. I like some of the serious songs that he has sung including this one. As far as Raaga based songs are concerned, this is what Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi had to say about it, “We are fortunate that Kishore Kumar wasn’t trained in classical music. Else, most of us would have been out of business.”

Lyrics

Very appropriate lyrics for all of us in this group and family called Yaad Kiya Dil Ne. I simply adore the last stanza:

ज़िंदगी के सफ़र में गुज़र जाते हैं जो मकाम
वो फिर नहीं आते, वो फिर नहीं आते

फूल खिलते हैं, लोग मिलते हैं
फूल खिलते हैं, लोग मिलते हैं मगर
पतझड़ में जो फूल मुरझा जाते हैं
वो बहारों के आने से खिलते नहीं
कुछ लोग जो सफ़र में बिछड़ जाते हैं
वो हज़ारों के आने से मिलते नहीं
उम्र भर चाहे कोई पुकारा करे उनका नाम
वो फिर नहीं आते, वो फिर नहीं आते
ज़िन्दगी के सफ़र में …

आँख धोखा है, क्या भरोसा है
आँख धोख है, क्या भरोसा है सुनो
दोस्तों शक़ दोस्ती का दुश्मन है
अपने दिल में इसे घर बनाने न दो
कल तड़पना पड़े याद में जिनकी
रोक लो रूठ कर उनको जाने न दो
बाद में प्यार के चाहे भेजो हज़ारों सलाम
वो फिर नहीं आते, वो फिर नहीं आते
ज़िन्दगी के सफ़र में …

सुबह आती है, शाम जाती है
सुबह आती है, शाम जाती है यूँही
वक़्त चलता ही रहता है रुकता नहीं
एक पल में ये आगे निकल जाता है
आदमी ठीक से देख पाता नहीं
और परदे पे मंज़र बदल जाता है
एक बार चले जाते हैं जो दिन-रात सुबह-ओ-शाम
वो फिर नहीं आते, वो फिर नहीं आते
ज़िन्दगी के सफ़र में …

My Own Poetry

Of course, Rafi and Suman Kalyanpur sang a great song on the theme in an unreleased movie: Nigaahen na phero chale jayenge hum.

Here is my own effort:
Hamen Youn Jaane Na Deejiye

रोक रखिये रात को, सुबह को आने ना दीजिये,
बैठे हैं आपकी बज़्म में, हमें यूँ जाने ना दीजिये।

आज तक हमने मानी है आपकी हर एक बात,
अपने आप को बढ़ चढ़ के, बातें बनाने ना दीजिये।

आपके साथ कई दिन बिताए थे हमने बहार में,
खिज़ा में बीते दिनों की यादों को सताने ना दीजिये।

प्यार में हमें बेहद खुशी का हुआ था एहसास,
चांदनी गयी तो अब आंसू बहाने ना दीजिये।

ग़म-ए-हिज्र की होने को है अब इन्तहा,
ग़म-ए-हिज्र में बेसबर मर जाने ना दीजिये।

आपकी आंखों ने पिलाये थे जाम उल्फत के,
आंखों से अब बेवफाई के पैमाने ना दीजिये।

खाये हैं इस दिल ने हजारों धोखे और फरेब,
दिल को और ज़ुल्म ओ सितम उठाने ना दीजिये।

आपके एहसान तले जल गया आशियां मेरा,
हो सके तो मुझे और ऐसे नज़राने ना दीजिये।

आपकी वफ़ा की गलत फहमी से ज़िन्दा हैं उम्मीदें,
उम्मीदों को इस तरह बेमौत दफनाने ना दीजिये।

रुखसत के बाद भी हम याद आएंगे, रवि,
बीती यादों को तन्हाई में तड़पाने ना दीजिये।

The Song

Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Zindagi ke safar mein guzr jaate hain jo mukaam woh phir nahin aate…

I hope you liked my choice of Raat or Din Song #48.

 

 

Author: Sunbyanyname

I have done a long stint in the Indian Navy that lasted for nearly thirty seven years; I rose as far as my somewhat rebellious and irreverent nature allowed me to. On retirement, in Feb 2010, the first thing that occurred to me, and those around me, was that I Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (you will find an article with this title in this blog) and hadn't lost all my noodles and hence thought of a blog titled 'This 'n That'. I later realised that every third blog is called 'This 'n That' and changed the name to 'Sunbyanyname'. I detest treading the beaten track. This blog offers me to air 'another way' of looking at things. The idea is not just to entertain but also to bring about a change. Should you feel differently, you are free to leave your comments. You can leave comments even when you agree and want to share your own experience about the topic of the blog post. Impudent or otherwise, I have never been insousciant and I am always concerned about the betterment of community, nation and the world. I hope the visitors of this blog would be able to discern it.

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