Mere saajan hain us paar

O re maajhi o re maajhi o o mere maajhi
Mere saajan hai us paar,
Mai man maar, hun is paar
O mere maajhi, abki baar,
Le chal paar, le chal paar
Mere saajan hai us paar,
Mai man maar, hun is paar
O mere maajhi, abki baar,
Le chal paar, le chal paar
Mere saajan hai us paar

O man ki kitab se tu,
Mera naam hi mita dena
Gun to na tha koi bhi,
Avagun meri bhula dena
O man ki kitab se tu,
Mera naam hi mita dena
Gun to na tha koi bhi,
Avagun meri bhula dena

Mujhe aaj ki bida ka
Mujhe aaj ki bida ka
Marke bhi rahta intezaar
Mere saajan hai us paar,
Mai man maar, hun is paar
O mere maajhi, abki baar,
Le chal paar, le chal paar
Mere saajan hai us paar

Mat khel jal jaayegi,
Kehti hai aag mere man ki
Mat khel mat khel jal jaayegi,
Kehti hai aag mere man ki
Mai bandini piya ki
Mai sangini hun saajan ki
Mera kheenchti hai aanchal
Mera kheenchti hai aanchal
Man meet teri har pukar

Mere sajan hai us paar
O re maajhi o re maajhi o o mere maajhi
Mere sajan hai us paar

Movie: Bandini (1963)

Singers: Sachin Dev Burman

Song Lyricist: Shailendra

Music Composer: Sachin Dev Burman

R wanted to post a Nutan song when she found out that it was the actor's birthday on June 4. By then, I had already posted her choice for the week! So we decided that we would pay our tribute to Nutan this week. 

Nutan is one of my mother’s favourites; therefore, I am spoilt for song choice. This one is among my many favourites picturised on her.

This is the reunion (the heroine reunites with the man she loves) song at the end of Bandini. It is also a boat song. What perfect lyrics—mere saajan hain us paar—Shailendra has given us. How I love the voice of SD Burman!

Above all, I have always felt that this is yet another song of worship, where saajan is a synonym for God.  ~ S