Zindagi or Jeevan Songs Series
I started this series on my Facebook group Yaad Kiya Dil Ne on 18 Oct 20. Since then, many other members have put up these songs. Here, I shall be giving you one of my own, per day.
I hope you liked my choice for Song #25 – Tere naam ka deewana in Zindagi or Jeevan Songs series. Let’s start with Song #26.
Song #26
Ae jaate hue lamho zara thehro
Theme-word: Mujhako hai zindagi ki kasam
Waqt Hai Ke rukta Nahin
Herman Wouk’s The Caine Mutiny was one of the earlier navy novels that I read (such books and movies were responsible for my decision to join the Indian Navy) had this beautiful quote: “Wasted hours are just as painful in the beginning as in the end; only, in the end, it is more obvious.”
So, if most of you look back at this year much later, it would become obvious why we want to shut down this group, which, in its concept, is the best of Music/Songs groups on Facebook.
We let the grains of sand pass through our fingers and do nothing except to share shibboleths that the group is important to us.
Border – 1997 Film
Films regarding patriotism and valour of the armed forces makes the makers laugh all the way to the bank. Being a member of the armed forces, seeing some of them, I too get carried away that perhaps they really feel for the brave jawans. Far from it.
JP Dutta was no different. He made this film about the Battle of Longewala in the 1971 Indo-Pak War and had all the lements that Chetan Anand had about the Indo-China War of 1962″ Haqeeqat. This included even songs. For example, if Haqeeqat had a song about (not) getting mail from home, viz, Main ye soch kar uske dar se utha tha, Border followed suit and had its own: Sandeshe aate hain.
Naturally, desh prem theme is so strong that the movie won Best Film and Direction awards for JP Dutta both at the National and Filmfare levels besides various other awards.
Clichés
One of the clichés for war time movies is that on the honeymoon night (the focus of Hindi movies is always love) a telegram is received calling him to border. Somehow, wherever the loving couple is, the men from his unit find him to deliver the telegram (thank God that the Indian Postal authorities have now done away with the telegram and Hindi film makers will have to find some other way of appearing the poor guy consummating his wedding).
This cliché in Border is about Sunil Shetty as Bhairon Singh Shekhawat enjoying his honeymoon with his wife Phool Kanwar (Sharbani Mukherjee) when this wretched telegram is received. He is in a hurry to join duty. However, Jawed Akhtar, Anu Malik and Roop Kumar Rathod think they have enough time to squeeze in an emotional song (people who are watching the films often have to be egged along the right emotions!) And hence, this song.
Nevertheless, since it is the job of the movie makers to make such songs, they become good at it and even this is a fine and memorable song.
Lyrics
ऐ जाते हुए लम्हों ज़रा ठहरो ज़रा ठहरो
मैं भी तो चलता हूँ ज़रा उनसे मिलता हूँ
जो एक बात दिल में है उनसे कहूं
तो चलूं तो चलूं हूं हूं हूं हूं
ऐ जाते हुए लम्हों …
ज़रा ठहरो ज़रा ठहरो
उनके चेहरे की ये नरमियां
उनकी ज़ुल्फ़ों की ये बदलियां
उनकी आँखों के रोशन दिये
उनके होंठों की ये सुर्खियां
सब उनके हैं जलवे मैं चलने से पहले
साँसों में आँखों में ख्वाबों में यादों में
और इस दिल में तुमको छुपा के रखूं
तो चलूं तो चलूं …
मैं कहीं भी रहूं ऐ सनम
मुझको है ज़िंदगी की कसम
फ़ासले आते जाते रहे
प्यार लेकिन नहीं होगा कम
जिन्हें चाहूं जिन्हें पूजूं
उन्हें देखूं उन्हें छू लूं
ज़रा बातें तो कर लूं
ज़रा बाहों में भर लूं
मैं इस चाँद से माथे को चूम लूं
तो चलूं तो चलूं …
My Own Poetry
Chalo Intezaar Karte Hain
तू भी देखना एक ऐसा भी दिन आएगा,
आंसुओं से मेरे तेरा दिल पिघल जाएगा
मेरी ना श से तुझे कोई शिक्वा ना होगा
तेरे दिन तो क्या जहान संवर जाएगा
प्यार और इश्क़ मुझे करना ही ना था
घुट घुट रोज़ मुझे मरना ही ना था
अब सोचता हूँ क्यों चला गया वहां
तेरी राहों से मुझे गुज़रना ही ना था
सोचा था ज़िन्दगी का हमसफ़र मिला है
मेरी तनहा रातों का सहर मिला है
हम जिसे पीते रहे दवा जान के, ऐ दिल,
अब पता चला के ज़हर मिला है
खैर ग़म- ऐ-इश्क़ की कोई तो होगी मंज़िल
यह बेवफा निकली, यह हर वक़्त रही संगदिल
यह ज़िन्दगी तो रो रोके गुज़ार दी हमने
आने वाली ज़िन्दगी शायद ना हो मुश्किल
चलो इंतजार करते है! चलो इंतज़ार करते हैं!
ठोकर खा चुके हैं फिर भी प्यार करते हैं
तेरे वादे पे तो तमाम उम्र गुज़र गयी लेकिन
हम अब मौत की वफ़ा का ऐतबार करते हैं|
The Song
Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy: Ae jaate hue lamho zara thehro…
I hope you enjoyed my choice for Song #26 in the series.
Please await Song #27 – O palanhare, nirgun aur nyare.
