साँस में तेरी साँस मिली तो

Yash Chopra breathed his last on week ago today. This post is to recall his contribution to romance cinema.

तेरी ख़याल में डूब के अक्सर अच्छी लगी तन्हाई

To be able to be comfortable with oneself is a valuable trait. The poet notes here, through the female lover, that being in love is capable of turning even 'being alone' into a comfortable state.

ओ साथी रे, तेरे बिना भी क्या जीना?

Male lover sings about how life cannot be without his female lover.

पिया बिना पिया बिना

A female lover sings that separation [from her lover] is unbearable. How much unbearable? Consider the effect of separation:

• Without my lover, the flute is unable to produce good music, my singing seems 'false' or 'incorrect' ...
• Without you, my lover, my world seems empty, the nightingale has remained silent, the peacock has forgotten to 'speak' [in the woods]

When a Lata Mangeshkar sings about the separation, there is a certain relishable quality even to the feeling of separation (for the listener, that is, and not for the person undergoing separation).

What do you say, dear reader?

जाने वो कैसे लोग थे जिनके प्यार को प्यार मिला

A heartbroken individual sings:

When I wished only for [beautiful] buds, I got a garland of thorns ... 

Life may not always produce such extremes, but Bollywood can cook up beautiful songs. Why not?

You can also enjoy Jagjit Singh's tribute to Hemant Kumar here.