I hope you liked the first post in the series: ‘Rajinder Krishan Song Of The Week #1 – Kahan Le Chale Ho Bata Do Musafir‘. Lets begin with this song of his as the Song of the Week #2 as it appeared on my Facebook group ‘Yaad Kiya Dil Ne‘.
Rajinder Krishan Song of the Week (RKSOW)
Week#2
Phir wohi shaam wohi gham wohi tanhayi hai
Catching-up to do
I started off with Rajinder Krishan really late in comparison to Hasrat Jaipuri and then Shailendra. From the 29th of January 2020, the fifth week started and I had put up only Week #1 song for Rajinder Krishan. In the next few days, therefore, I want to catch up and be at par with the count for Hasrat Jaipuri.
Can Others Too Put up?
Yes, indeed. After the month of February when I would have caught up, the others can also bid for their chosen month in which they would put up.
Song that Tug at Your Emotions
On my blog, there are two important ongoing series and these are the most popular articles on my blog:
Raaga Based Song of the Day.
Songs that Tug at Your Emotions.
Phir wohi shaam wohi gham wohi tanhayi hai is included as Song #25 (not in any particular order or ranking) in the second series. Therefore, all the write-up about the song and the relationship between Rajinder Krishan and Madan Mohan is already there:
Please go through it. You would gain a lot.
Shaam, Gham and Tanhayi
These are some of my favourite themes. So one can imagine all three together in one song.
If you read the write up, you would come across: There is a beautiful reference to फिर तसव्वुर तेरे पहलू में बिठा जाएगा.
Ladies and gentlemen, words and lyrics are not just or mere words. These are windows to the world of the poet or lyricist’s तसव्वुर or imagination. He (very very rarely she) invites you to enter that world. And that’s why, in this group of serious lovers of music and songs (‘Yaad Kiya Dil Ne‘ or YKDN), I have discouraged people from just putting up urls. If the तसव्वुर of the poet or the lyricist doesn’t strike notes with your own तसव्वुर, you are missing out on the fun as much as the expression used frequently in Sri Guru Granth Sahib: गूंगे की मिठाई. Why do you want to be dumb when God has gifted you words of your own? This is social media and not something private of your own. If you want to keep your thoughts to yourself, you have chosen the wrong media! All of us want to hear why you liked the mithayi and what you liked best about it. You may even want to say something about the halwai!
Do you feel you don’t have imagination and or words? Ha! Unlike Lata Mangeshkar who opposed all competition, I have actively encouraged friends to write in all my groups. Some of them have mentioned me in the Preface of their books they published after trying out writing for the first time in my groups.
Writing is absolutely similar to love-making; initially it appears strange and even ridiculous. Later, you have family of your own that you love more than any other family. Try it. You would want to read and re-read your own write up over and over again and other people’s reactions to it. Songs and their videos are already available on the net. What do you say? Try फिर तसव्वुर तेरे पहलू में बिठा जाएगा. You can write a full-fledged article just on this line. Try it ; the entire universe is just your imagination and you feel you don’t have any!
My Own Poetry
Even though already given in the accompanying article, I am giving you separately too. I wrote this poem at the age of 16. It is a love poem: Tu (shortest title for a poem):
एक मुद्दत से तमन्ना थी जिसे कहने की,
बात वो अब भी मैं कह नहीं पायूँगा सनम,
ज़िंदा हैं अश्क़ अब भी जो बहाये मैंने,
मैं उन अश्कों मैं कभी बह नहीं पायूँगा सनम I
याद आएँगी मुझे खामोश ओ मजबूर रातें,
अपने ही आप से मैं करता रहा था बातें
सोचा था अब तेरे दीदार को ना तरसूँगा कभी
जो न मुझे मिल सका उस प्यार को ना तरसूँगा कभी
सोच कर फिर वही मायूस सा हो कर सोचा
बिन तुम्हारे मैं रह भी ना पायूँगा सनम
वो बात अब भी मैं कह नहीं पायूँगा सनम I
मेरे बारे में कभी तुमने भी ये सोचा होगा
ये भी एक और दीवाना है दीवानो की तरह
मैं जो रौशन हूँ सियाह रात में शमा की तरह
मेरा परवाना है यह भी परवानो की तरह
सोच कर तूने इतना तो सोचा होता:
इतने सितम मैं सह भी ना पायूँगा सनम
वो बात अब भी मैं कह नहीं पायूँगा सनम I
खुद को मुझसे इतना भी ना तू दूर समझ
अपने परवाने को इतना भी ना मजबूर समझ
मैं अगर चाहूँ तो इतनी भी है ताक़त मुझ में:
याद को तेरी मैं इक तू ही बना सकता हूँ
इक तो तू है जो मेरी हर बात को समझे वहशत
अपनी तू को मैं हर इक बात सुना सकता हूँ
तुझको सजाना चाहूँ तो ज़ुल्फ़ भी छूने नहीं दे
अपने अरमानो से तेरा हर अंग सजा सकता हूँ
गम नहीं अब जो तू लाख भी रूठे मुझसे
अपनी तू को मैं जब चाहे मना सकता हूँ I
Please enjoy Talat Mehmood sing a composition of Madan Mohan on the lyrics of Rajinder Krishan a song from the 1964 Vinod Kumar (his debut movie as a director) movie Jahan Ara: Phir wohi shaam wohi gham wohi tanhayi hai….
फिर वोही शाम वही ग़म वही तनहाई है
दिल को समझाने तेरी याद चली आई है
फिर तसव्वुर तेरे पहलू में बिठा जाएगा
फिर गया वक़्त घड़ी भर को पलट आएगा
दिल बहल जाएगा आखिर ये तो सौदाई है
फिर वोही शाम …
जाने अब तुझ से मुलाक़ात कभी हो के न हो
जो अधूरी रहे वो बात कभी हो के न हो
मेरी मंज़िल तेरी मंज़िल से बिछड़ आई है
फिर वोही शाम …
फिर तेरे ज़ुल्फ़ के रुखसार की बातें होंगी
हिज्र की रात मगर प्यार की बातें होंगी
फिर मुहब्बत में तड़पने की क़सम खाई है
फिर वोही शाम …
I hope you liked my choice of song for the Week #2.
Please await song for Week #3.
