न जाने क्या हो गया है तुम्हे देखकर

Lilting tunes are a specialty of this song while it expresses feelings of romantic love.

ये रातें, ये मौसम, नदी का किनारा, ये चँचल हवा

Kishore Kumar's rendering of

ये बाहों में बाहें, ये बहकी निगाहें
लो आने लगा ज़िंदगी का मज़ा

is a treat to listen to. Bollywood seems to excel when producing rhythmic music capturing romance.

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?

उसको नहीं देखा हमने कभी

On Mother's Day 2010, it is somewhat appropriate that we take a look at this song I encountered recently. While although मात्र देवो भव is a well known concept ingrained in Indian culture at an early age of a child, this song is a very good and melodious elaboration of that concept.

आजा पिया, तोहे प्यार दूँ

Although I used to hear this song as a teenager, I did not pay attention to its meaning until very recently. I don't know the story in the movie, but the woman's offer to her lover seems quite selfless, and therefore comes across as genuine.

आंसू भरी हैं यह जीवन की राहें

Mukesh has no match when rendering sad songs.



This song is based on the raag ♫यमन कल्याण.

... ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ...
आंसू भरी हैं, ये जीवन की राहें
कोई उनसे कह दे, हमें भूल जायें
आंसू भरी हैं, ये जीवन की राहें
कोई उनसे कह दे, हमें भूल जायें
आंसू भरी हैं ...

... ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ...
वादे भुला दे, कसम तोड़ दे वो
... ♫ ♫ ...
वादे भुला दे, कसम तोड़ दे वो
हालत पे अपनी, हमें छोड़ दे वो
ऐसे जहाँ से क्यों हम दिल लगायें
कोई उनसे कह दे, हमें भूल जायें
आंसू भरी हैं ...

... ♫ ♫ ♫ ♫ ...
बरबादियों की अजब दासताँ हूँ
... ♫ ♫ ...
बरबादियों की अजब दासताँ हूँ
शब्नम भी रोये, में वो आसमान हूँ
तुम्हे घर मुबारक, हमें अपनी आहें
कोई उनसे कह दे, हमें भूल जायें
आंसू भरी हैं, ये जीवन की राहें
कोई उनसे कह दे, हमें भूल जायें
आंसू भरी हैं ...