Saturday, December 13, 2008

AMAZING POETIC EXPRESSION TO DEFINE LOVE



This is surely one of the closest and most apt hindi musical attempt to define love, an utmost and par excellence creativity of a lyricist. This came in the year 1969 in a movie called “Khamoshi”, starring Rajesh Khanna and Waheeda Rehman in the lead. I am an honest believer that more than 50% of the hindi music is and had always been inspired from the west. But some of our poets are truly gifted and have emerged up with some great creative expressions right from the past. One of them and my all time favorite is Gulzar sahab. This post of mine is a dedication to his one of my personal favorite work. This is a golden oldie song, which i don't expect many of my readers to have come across prior to the read. So for all the die hard romantic music lovers, here is a track worth listening. Two geniuses working alongside Gulzar sahab here are legandary playback queen Lata Mangeshkar and extremely talented composer Hemant kumar.


The lyrics of the song, which inspired and incited me to write this post goes like this...


हमने देखि हैं उन आंखों की महकती खुशबू
हाथ से छु के इससे रिश्तों का इल्जाम न दो
सिर्फ़ एहसास हैं यह, रूह से महसूस करो
प्यार को प्यार ही रहने दो, कोई नाम न दो
हमने देखि हैं उन आंखों की महकती खुशबू
हाथ से छु के इससे रिश्तों का इल्जाम न दो
हमने देखि हैं…

प्यार कोई बोल नहीं, प्यार आवाज़ नहीं
एक खामोशी हैं, सुनती हैं कहा करती हैं
न यह बुझती हैं, न रूकती हैं, न ठहरी हैं कहीं
नूर की बूँद हैं सदियों से बहा करती हैं
सिर्फ़ एहसास हैं यह, रूह से महसूस करो
प्यार को प्यार ही रहने दो, कोई नाम न दो
हमने देखि हैं…

मुस्कराहट से खिली रहती हिया आंखों में कहीं
और पलकों पे उजाले से रुके रहते हैं
होंठ कुछ कहते नहीं, कांपते होंठों पे मगेर
कितने खामोश से अफसाने रुके रहते हैं
सिर्फ़ एहसास हैं यह, रूह से महसूस करो
प्यार को प्यार ही रहने दो, कोई नाम न दो

हमने देखि हैं उन आंखों की महकती खुशबू
हाथ से छु के इससे रिश्तों का इल्जाम न दो
हमने देखि हैं…


If you are a true good music and meaningful lyrics combination fan like me, then this one is for you.

This one is an old classic with extreme depth in it, something very rare.

This one is worth hearing and understanding, not just listening. An amazing poetic expression of a great poet.




9 comments:

DIVYA said...

Well well i have heard n seen some part of ths muvee though dont rememebr now BUT yes the SONG is really worth humming and yeah the lyrics are amazing n thought provoking for todays musicians n composers :)
PUl dear u alwezz come up wd smthng SPECIAL N NOTICIABLE whch is ALWEZZ N VERY MUCH DIFFERENT FORM CROWD OF TODAY!!
I am alwezz spellbounded wd evn a simple wrd whch cums from u :)

Anonymous said...

i appreciate ur work rather than appreciating anything...
u r really a fantastic author..
may god bless you !

Paramveer said...

it reminds me summer nights 4-5 yrs back when i used to liste the song many time on purani jeans @ RADIO MIRHI on my roof....LOL!!

Unknown said...

gr8* work again... wat to say mre.. ur alwaz awesum bhaiya ... u really deserve appreciation more dan one can do.. keep it up!!

Anonymous said...

dats so sweet pulkit.....keep it up....keep enlightning us.......god bless

Femin Susan said...

Hi,
Congratulations....Your posting is very interesting...Keep writing..
Wishing you in advance "A Merry X'Mas and A Happy New Year''

Unknown said...

some choice of song...haven't heard it in a long time...

PULKIT said...

@ divya mam- thanks for being the nicest and most appreciating friend!
@ paramveer- hope to bring a amile to ur life brother
@ nilima- love ya sis!
@ tanya- thanks for the visit bacha! hope to see u here often
@ femim- still bewildering the creative person that u are
@ rakesh- thanks for the visit bro! hope to see u here again
@ kammu- thanks deary :) smile back at u!

everyone keep visitng!
thanks for the support and love!

Admin said...

Great post and excellent song..feels like listening to it again and again..