Mora gora ang lai le

Mora gora ang lai le
Mohe shyam rang dai de
Chup jaongi raat hi mein
Mohe pi ka sangh dai de

Mora gora ang lai le
Mohe shyam rang dai de
Chup jaongi raat hi mein
Mohe pi ka sangh dai de

Ek laaj roke paiya
Ek moh kheenche baiya…aa…aa.. hai
Ek laaj roke paiya
Ek moh kheenche baiya
Jaon kidhar na jaanu
Humka koi batai de

Ho…o..o

Mora gora ang lai le
Mohe shyam rang dai de
Chhup jaongi raat hi mein
Mohe pi ka sangh dai de

Badri hatake chanda
Chupke se jhanke chanda..a..a
Badri hatake chanda
Chupke se jhanke chanda
Tohe rahu lage bairi
Muskaye ji jalayke

Ho…o..o

Mora gora ang lai le
Mohe shyam rang dai de
Chhup jaongi raat hi mein
Mohe pi ka sangh dai de

Kuch kho diya hain paike
Kuch paa liya gawaike..ae..ae
Kuch kho diya hain paike
Kuch paa liya gawaike
Kahan le chala hain manwa
Mohe bawri banaike

Ho…o..o

Mora gora ang lai le
Mohe shyam rang dai de
Chhup jaongi raat hi mein
Mohe pi ka sangh dai de

Mora gora ang lai le
Mohe shyam rang dai de

Humming

Movie: Bandini (1963)

Director: Bimal Roy

Singer: Lata Mangeshkar

Lyricist: Gulzar

Music Composer: S D Burman

I have a long-standing love affair with Gulzar’s verses. Something about them makes me smile. To discover that this was his first piece for Hindi cinema was amazing. There is none of the debutante’s hesitation in these lines, which are rather evocative. An anthropomorphic moon puts in a cameo appearance too. The words are brilliant, but I cannot hear it without picturing Nutan, who emotes brilliantly even as the camera closes in on her face. No glamourous dehati this Bandini, but an honest woman with a very ahead-of-her-times expression of her desire. A favourite of mine. ~ R