A sweet song...from the movie Na Tum Jano na Hum....

 Sharing a song that is not only melodious but also very nostalgic...Beautiful lyrics, with the video showing a lighthouse and the agony of the lover. The themes of aircraft are central in this particular movie. The song can be heard here:  tum se mujhe pyar kyon ho gaya

Scene from the song with the majestic lighthouse

 

The lyrics are:

"Tum Se Gila Nahin Mujhe Kismat Se Hai Gile
Karta Hai Aasman Kyon Yeh Dil Ke Faisle
Tum Mere Khwaabon Se Jaa Na Sake
Tum Meri Baahon Mein Aa Na Sake
Tum Se Mujhe Pyar Kyon Ho Gaya
Tum Na Mile Aur Maine Kho Gaya

Barbad Ho Gaya Main Kyon Yeh Bhi Na Keh Saka
Roya Main Yun Ki Ek Bhi Aansoon Na Beh Saka
Tum Mere Khwaabon Se Jaa Na Sake
Tum Meri Baahon Mein Aa Na Sake
Tum Se Mujhe Pyar Kyon Ho Gaya
Tum Na Mile Aur Maine Kho Gaya"

I especially find the lines where the lyricist talks about the agony where the person cried so much that no tear was shed, this could imply that the person cried out his eyes already so much that all tears dried- and this is the pinnacle of heartache.

The Moth and the Flame

 

I thought of sharing an interesting theme I noted in few songs. The beautiful song (Tose Naina laage) has deeply spiritual lyrics where the specific lines (see below) on the "shama" and the "parwaana", which are the flame and moth, respectively, are too deep and literally define the whole essence of life. It talks of divine love and the test of love for both the moth and the flame...

Tose Naina Lage | तोसे नैना लागे | Anwar(2007) | Siddharth Koirala | Nauheed Cyrusi | Superhit Song

"Mohabbat ki hai daastan zindagi
Mohabbat na ho to kaha zindagi
Mohabbat to ek jaaveda zindagi hai
Tose naina laage

Shamaa ko pighalne ka armaan kyun hai
Patange ko jalne ka armaan kyun hai
isi shauk ka imtehaan zindagi hai.."

    Now, interestingly, there is another old Hindi song (Pyar Deewana Hota Hai 4K Song : Kishore Kumar Classics | Rajesh Khanna | Hindi Romantic-Kati Patang) with lyrics below that also dwells on the same idea somewhat and talks of how the moth is so consumed with love that it no longer cares about joy or sorrow but just to surrender to the light..

"Shamaa kahe parwaane se pare chalaa jaa
Meri tarah jal jaayega yaha nahi aa,
Wo nahin sunataa usko
Jal jaanaa hota hai
Har khushi se, har gham se,
begana hota hai
Pyaar deewana hota hai,
Mastana hota hai"

    I also stumbled upon a Sufi tale of the moth and the fly (listen to the story here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAJB-2dS7xy/?igsh=cHV3c3ljM3o4ZWc3) and was indeed in awe of it. Indeed, the one who is in search of light (out of true love) does not care about anything else but just the search and the surrender and ultimately becomes one with the flame....

Dichotomy of Life- expressed by common chord, but different verses...

 

Sharing two songs from an old Hindi movie, which are composed on the same tune, yet the lyrics are divergent, with one full of pessimism, while the other one reels of optimism...Interestingly, I only remember knowing of the first version (the sad one), in my childhood when I used to hear it on cassette player, but after several years, I discovered that the same song was existing with its counterpart, the antithesis, so-to-speak. I wonder how it is so much like life, where sometimes, we are dealt with a melody or a tune which is unchangeable, but we do have the power to choose the verses or the words that create the lyrics to fit that tune...One of them resonates with sorrow while the other is a harbinger of light and hope....as Munshi Premchand has said "what the world calls sorrow is really joy to the poet"..Truly, sorrow is necessary as it can be beautiful, but the same sorrow also becomes beautiful hope when played on the same tune by different choice of words...

1. Naaraz Savera Hai [Full Song] Sangharsh

The lyrics of it are:

"naaraz savera hai, har or andhera hai
koi kiran to aae, kahi se, aae aae
naaraz savera hai

zindagi tanhaiyo ka, dard hai nam hai
har khushi dhalati hui, dukh bhari sham hai
sanso ke khazano ka, ye waqt lutera hai

koi kiran to aae, kahi se aae aae
naaraz savera hai

raat ki khamoshiyo me, ansuna shor hai
kheechti baandhe bina hi, kaun si ye dor hai
bejaan salakho ne, meri ruh ko ghera hai

koi kiran to aae, kahi se aae aae
naaraz savera hai

vo mere bachpan ka, mausam vo zamana kho gaya
maut ke saaye me reh ke, bezuban mai ho gaya
zakhmo ki zameeno pe, zulmon ka basera hai

koi kiran to aae, kahi se aae aae
naaraz savera hai, har or andhera hai"

 

The version of the song filled with hope is:

2. Nazdeek Savera Hai Song - Sangharsh 1999 DVDRip @DolbyDigital5.1

The lyrics of it are:

"nazdik savera hai, pal bhar ka andhera hai
mere liye na ashq bahao, jao jao,
de raha mujhko sadaye wo khula aasma
le rahi meri balaye wo hansi wadiya
tum lao ujalo ko sapna yahi mera hai
din hai khushi ke geet milan ke gao gao
nazdik savera hai, pal bhar ka andhera hai
mere liye na ashq bahao jao jao, nazdik sawera hai"