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 #54 in the series. I hope you liked Song #53 – Dil ki awaz bhi sun.
Song #54
Hain sabse madhur woh geet
Theme-word: Har raat ka hai paigham yahi, Taare bhi yahi dohraate hain
The Sweetest Song
I am not saying it; the lyrics of the song say it! It is a literal translation of Shelley’s famous quote: “Our sweetest songs are those that tell of the saddest thought.”
What Shelley was to that quote, Shailendra was to this song in a movie that has the title of this group penned by Hasrat Jaipuri: Yaad kiya dil ne.
Shankar Jaikishan
There is no doubt in my mind that they were the wizards of good music and good compositions. The 1953 movie Patita, an Amiya Chakrabarty movie starred Dev Anand and Usha Kiran in the lead roles. There was nothing unique about Dev Anand’s do-gooder role. He had perfected it in Maya too, in 1961 and many others. Hindi films industry has a way of categorising you for certain roles; as indeed it did in making Amitabh Bachchan an ‘Angry Young Man’.
The Lyrics
Having borrowed heavily from Shelley, Shailendra did well in writing these beautiful lyrics:
हैं सबसे मधुर वो गीत जिन्हें, हम ददर् के सुर में गाते हैं
जब हद से गुज़र जाती है खुशी, आँसू भी छलकते आते हैं
हैं सबसे मधुर वो गीत
(पहलू में पराये दर्द बसाके, हँसना हँसाना सीख ज़रा
तू हँसना हँसाना सीख ज़रा ) – २
तूफ़ान से कह दे घिर के उठे, हम प्यार के दीप जलाते हैं
हम प्यार के दीप जलाते हैं
हैं सबसे मधुर वो गीत …
(काँटों में खिले हैं फूल हमारे, रंग भरे अरमानों के
रंग भरे अरमानों के ) – २
नादान हैं जो इन काँटों से, दामन को बचाये जाते हैं
दामन को बचाये जाते हैं
हैं सबसे मधुर वो गीत …
(जब ग़म का अन्धेरा घिर आये, समझो के सवेरा दूर नहीं
समझो के सवेरा दूर नहीं ) – २
हर रात की है सौगात यही, तारे भी यही दोहराते हैं
तारे भी यही दोहराते हैं
हैं सबसे मधुर वो गीत …
Another Song on the Theme
Instead of giving my own poetry, I shall give you another song on the theme made very very popular by Neil Diamond:
Song Sung Blue
Song sung blue
Everybody knows one
Song sung blue
Every garden grows one
Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
But when you take the blues and make a song
You sing them out again
Sing them out again
Song sung blue
Weeping like a willow
Song sung blue
Sleeping on my pillow
Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, it get to feeling good
You simply got no choice
Me and you are subject to the blues now and then
But when you take the blues and make a song
You sing them out again
Song sung blue
Weeping like a willow
Song sung blue
Sleeping on my pillow
Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
And before you know, it started feeling good
You simply got no choice
Song sung blue
Song sung blue
Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice
The Song
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Hain sabse madhur woh geet….
I hope you liked my choice of Raat or Din Song #54.
Please await Raat or Din Song #55 – Pyar par bas to nahin hai.
