Aapki nazron ne samjha

Aapki nazron ne samjha
Pyaar ke kabil mujhe
Dil ki ae dhadkan thaher jaa
Mil gayi manzil mujhe
Aapki nazron ne samjha…

Ji hume manzoor hai
Aapka ye faisla
Ji hume manzoor hai
Aapka ye faisla
Kah rahi hai har nazar
Banda parvar shukriya
Hanske apni zindagi me
Kar liya shaamil mujhe
Dil ki ae dhadkan thaher jaa
Mil gayi manzil mujhe
Aapki nazron ne samjha…

Aapki manzil hun mai
Meri manzil aap hai
Aapki manzil hun mai
Meri manzil aap hai
Kyon mai toofan se
Daroon mera sahil aap hai
Koi toofanon se kah de
Mil gaya saahil mujhe
Dil ki ae dhadkan thaher
Ja mil gayi manzil mujhe
Aapki nazron ne samjha...

Pad gai dil par mere
Aapki parchhaiyaan
Pad gai dil par mere
Aapki parchhaiyaan
Har taraf bajne lagi
Saikdo shahnaiyaan
Do jahaan ki aaj khushiyan
Ho gayi haasil mujhe

Aapki nazron ne samjha
Pyar ke kabil mujhe
Dil ki ae dhadkan thaher jaa
Mil gayi manzil mujhe
Aapki nazron ne samjha...

Movie: Anpadh (1962)

Director: Mohan Kumar

Singers: Lata Mangeshkar

Lyricist: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan

Music Composer: Madan Mohan

Certain words and expressions cannot be translated in their full beauty and grandeur to another language. ‘Aapki manzil hun mai, Meri manzil aap hai/Kyon mai toofan se daroon, Mera saahil aap hai/Koi toofanon se kah de, Mil gaya sahil mujhe/Dil ki ae dhadkan thaher jaa, Mil gayi manzil mujhe’ is a perfect example. I imagine these in any other language and they sound trite! 

I have always preferred Geeta Dutt, the Begums and Asha Parekh to Lata Mangeshkar because of the ‘sass/spice’ in their voices. This song demands sweetness. And boy, does Lata deliver! ~ S