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 #40 – Zindagi kuchh to bata in Zindagi or Jeevan Songs series. Let’s start with Song #41.
Song #42
Zalim zamane ne itna staya hai
Theme-word: Rone lagi zindagi, gham muskraya hai
Ending Year with a Soulful Song
Year end is normally a period for pausing and doing some deep thinking. I am fortunate that I have very good friends (a family) in this group. My good fortune is multi-fold because of my sisters on this group particularly the two who kept the group alive: Manik Lakhkar Chava and Evani Leela.
Here is what Manik Lakhkar Chava told me when I told her about the excellent posts she and Evani Leela are posting, “We are indirectly trying to tell you not to close down the group.”
With Evani Leela, I am on a different plane. She put up the song Tum hi mere rehnuma and made me cry at the way we treat women. I had already thought of the year ending song and knew I would give her a return gift (if one can call the misery of a woman a gift!)
I hope this shakes you, Evani Leela as much as your song did to me. I hope you love this Manik Lakhkar Chava behna.
I wouldn’t mind being reborn a woman if only the humanity would learn how to treat her, particularly in India.
The Movie of the Song
It is from the 1960 Mohammed Hussain movie Delhi Junction starring Ajit, Shakila and Pran. It is picturised on Shakila.
It was penned by Gulshan Bawra who gave us some exceptionally beautiful and poignant songs. The other day, most of you agreed with me about the beautiful poignancy of Har khushi ho wahan tu jahan bhi rahe and Kasme waade pyar wafa sab baaten hain. As luck would have it, all of these were also composed by Kalyanji Anandji, the composer of this song.
Here are the most poignant lyrics:
ज़ालिम ज़माने ने इतना सताया है
रोने लगी ज़िन्दगी ग़म मुस्कुराया है -२
ज़ालिम ज़माने ने …
फूटी मेरी क़िस्मत टूटे सभी सपने -२
गैरों से शिक़वा क्या करें लूट गए अपने
अपना जिसे समझे उसने मिटाया है
रोने लगी ज़िन्दगी …
आँसू मेरे कब तक देंगे सहारा मुझे -२
तू ही सहारा ऐ मौत दे रो-रो पुकारा तुझे
जीने से भी अब तो जी घबराया है
रोने लगी ज़िन्दगी …
My Own Poetry
I have written one about Zamana and quoted my favourite Shakeel in it:
ZAMAANE KA EK AJAB ROOP AUR RANG
ज़माने का अजब रूप और रंग देखा है,
धूप और छाँव को मैंने संग देखा हैI
रिवाजों की जो हरदम हामी भरते थे,
हैरत से उनको बदलते ढंग देखा है।
ज़मीन पे जिनके पैर उठते ही ना थे,
आज उनको उड़ती पतंग देखा है।
वह जो बेकसी के आलम में पढ़े रहते थे,
उनके चेहरे पे ख़ुशी की उमंग को देखा है I
आज नज़दीकी दोस्त बने फिरते हैं जो,
कल उन्ही की मैदान – ऐ – जंग देखा है I
जशन – ऐ – महफ़िल जिनकी कभी ख़त्म न होती थी,
आज उनकी भी ज़िन्दगी को बेरंग देखा है I
शकील ठीक ही कहते थे, जाएंगे वह अकेले,
जिन्हें ज़िन्दगी के मेले में संग देखा है I
यह तो वक़्त वक़्त की बात है, रवि,
ज़माने का यह रूप और वह रंग देखा है I
The Song
Ladies and gentlemen, lets end the year with: Zalim zamane ne itna sataya hai….
I hope you enjoyed my choice for Song #41 in the series.
Please await Song #42 – Zindagi kaisi hai paheli haay.
