मेहँदी है रचनेवाली, हाथों में गहरी लाली

The video you see is an illustration of how to dance to the song, by the famous Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan. It is sung to a new bride — बन्नो — as she prepares herself for the wedding.



The original picturization of the song on Karishma Kapoor, however, has a somewhat different melodrama woven into the song.

माही वे

Elaborate description of a female by a male lover — तेरे गाल गुलाबी रब्बा रब्बा, चाल शराबी रब्बा रब्बा —
her response — बजे मन में हलके हलके शहनाई रे — and,
a mother's wish — खुशियाँ जितनी है सब ढूंढ ढूंढ के लाऊँ — all rolled into one song.

And, the lyricist is — drum roll — Javed Akhtar.

ये जो देश है तेरा, स्वदेश है तेरा, तुझे है पुकारा

Patriotism, when accepted voluntarily, can be an overwhelming emotion. As you reflect more on life, you feel the power of where you were born, raised, etc., in other words, a certain sense of belonging to where you were born.

(Although posted on April 1, this post is not an April Fool's joke).

मैं कोई ऐसा गीत गाऊँ, के आरज़ू जगाऊँ

Wooing, Bollywood style, penned by जावेद अख़्तर.

हे शोना हे शोना

Nice conversational piece by lovers, sharing their romantic thoughts.

नीला आसमाँ सो गया (female)

This is the Lata Mangeshkar version that sings about lost love.

"The night got killed when the moon disappeared in [my] tears.
Loneliness is what fills in [the rest of my] life"

The music punctuates the narration of the story nicely to bring out the emotion. You can relish the male version here.

एक दिन आप यूं हमको मिल जायेंगे

The imagination that the lovers have on how they have fallen in love is a beautiful expression. Although real life love may not always be able to be expressed in such glorious terms, it is useful to see such possibilities.

It seems like there is no match for Javed Akhtar, the lyricist.

नीला आसमाँ सो गया (male)

It is rather rare that an actor or an actress also provides the singing based on a classical raag. Amitabh Bachchan does this well here. A musical pun, in a female voice later in the story, recounts the heartbreak.

सागर किनारे, दिल यह पुकारे

The poet crafts a love number with the sea shore as a starting point ...

तेरे लिए, हम हैं जिए

The reunited lovers describe how they have been separated for most of their youthful years -- another Yash Chopra love story. "दिल में मगर, जलते रहे, चाहत के दिये", what a powerful sentiment!

बनाके क्यों बिगाड़ा रे

A woman who has suffered an ill-fated incident in her life questions whether she can trust God. Why? Because of the injustice meted out to her (by God, she thinks).

कल हो न हो

तुमको देखा तो यह ख़याल आया ...

Beautiful element of appreciation in this song for a man's love. Only an imaginative [poet's] mind can compare life to hot sun, and the spouse to a soothing shade.

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तुम को पाया है तो जैसे खोया हूँ ... मैं अगर कहूं ...

Expression of love has endless possibilities as in this Om Shanti Om number with Shah Rukh Khan and दीपिका पडुकोणे.

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एक लड़की को देखा तो ऐसा लगा ...

You can find Meanings and English transliteration on the web. The song is from the movie 1942: A Love Story. Most of the material in this blog post comes from that URL.

The poet — lyricist Javed Akhtar — describes how a boy feels when he sees a girl [for the first time]: many different ways in which the feelings are expressed, 21 ways to be exact, in 3 stanzas of 7 characterizations each. The song can be translated as

When I saw this girl, she seemed to me like ...
... a blooming rose,
... a poet's dream,
...

Now, enjoy the video as your read the lyrics presented below.

कभी अलविदा ना कहना -

The first few lines of this song are very perceptive of the lyricist in bringing out the feelings that may exist in the former lovers of a separation, or divorce, that is about to happen.