RRR Songs (Songs of Regret, Repentance and Ruefulness)
I started this new series on 17 Jan 21 on my Facebook Group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne. My efforts failed to involve people in writing their own stuff about songs and music rather than copying and pasting from here and there or worse, just sharing url of songs from YouTube. Hence, I had decided to give the group a burial that it deserved rather than making it like thousands of groups on Facebook about songs with nothing unique about them at all.
I hope you liked RRR Song #1: Mujhe dard-e-dil ka pata na tha. Here is the next song:
Song #2
Koi lauta de mere beete huye din
Where are My Family Members of YKDN Now?
I take the help of this song penned by Shailendra and composed and sung by Kishore Kumar in the 1964 movie Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein that was written, produced and directed by Kishore Kumar:
अल्बेले दिन प्यारे, मेरे बिछड़े साथी सारे
हाय! कहाँ गये, हाय! कहाँ गये
कोई लौटा दे मेरे, बीते हुए दिन – (२)
बीते हुए दिन वो हाय, प्यारे पल छिन
कोई लौटा दे …
मैं अकेला तो ना था, थे मेरे साथी कई
एक आँधी सी उठी, जो भी था लेके गई
आज मैं ढूँढूं कहाँ, खो गये जाने किधर – २
बीते हुए दिन वो हाय, प्यारे पल छिन
कोई लौटा दे …
मेरे ख्वाबों के नगर, मेरे सपनों के शहर
पी लिया जिनके लिये, मैंने जीवन का ज़हर
ऐसे भी दिन थे कभी, मेरी दुनिया थी मेरी – २
बीते हुए दिन वो हाय, प्यारे पल छिन
कोई लौटा दे …
Kishore Kumar – Versatility Personified
He could truly be called an One Man Army or One Man Industry. Take the movies that he made: this and Door Ka Rahi. Instead of trying to make them as commercial successes, he preferred to make them as reflection of his inner self, his quest for an eternal world.
Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein was adapted from American movie The Proud Rebel, the story of a retired soldier and his travails to bring up his mute son in a society full of corruption, biases and violence. His own son Amit acted his son in the movie and no one can ever forget this song and Aa chal ke tujhe main le ke chalun ek aise gagan ke tale.
One reason for Kishore Kumar’s versatility is something that I myself experienced: When you have lofty ideas full of ideals, you stand by yourself. However, if you follow the beaten track, you have quite a bandwagon.
My Own Poetry
SULAGTE AANSU
वो लौटा रहें हैं मेरा सामान,
और जला रहे हैं सब कुछ,
मेरी आरज़ू है सितमगर
मेरे अश्क भी जला दें
ताके दिल के समुन्दर में
वो तूफ़ान फिर ना उभरे;
जो मरहले खड़े थे
उन्हें ठोकर से मिटा दें
काश हम ना होते वो ना होते,
और ये आरज़ू ना होती
तेरी आँखों में जो सरूर था
वो सरूर भी हटा दें
मैं भूल गया हूँ सब कुछ,
तेरे प्यार की नज़र में
मेरी कौन सी है मंजिल
मुझे कुछ तो अब पता दें
अब दिल न हो, प्यार ना हो,
और ना रहे उनकी यादें,
कोई उनसे जाके कह दे,
मेरी हस्ती ही मिटा दें
The Song
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Koi lauta de mere beete huye din…
I hope you liked Song #2 in this series.
Please await Song #3: Hamsafar saath apna chhod chale.
