Vehm-o-gumaan se dur dur
Yakeen ki hadh ke paas paas
Dil ko bharam yeh ho gaya hain
Unko humse pyar hain
Dekha ek khwaab toh yeh silsile hue
Door tak nigah mein hain gul khile hue
Dekha ek khwaab toh yeh silsile hue
Door tak nigah mein hain gul khile hue
Yeh gila hain aapki nigahon se
Phool bhi ho darmiyaan to faasle hue
Dekha ek khwaab toh yeh silsile hue
Door tak nigah mein hain gul khile hue
Meri saanson mein basi khushboo teri
Yeh tere pyaar ki hain jadugari
Teri aawaz hain hawaaon mein
Pyar ka rang hain fizaaon mein
Dhadkanon mein tere geet hain mile hue
Kya kahun ke sharm se hain labb sile hue
Dekha ek khwaab toh yeh silsile hue
Phool bhi ho darmiyaan toh faasle hue
Mera dil hain teri panaahon mein
Aa chhupa loon tujhe main baahon mein
Teri tasveer hain nigaahon mein
Door tak roshni hain raahon mein
Kal agar na roshni ke kaafile hue
Pyar ke hazaar deep hain jale hue
Dekha ek khwaab toh yeh silsile hue
Door tak nigah mein hain gul khile hue
Yeh gila hain aapki nigahon se
Phool bhi ho darmiyaan toh faasle hue
Dekha ek khwaab to yeh silsile hue
Door tak nigah mein hain gul khile hue
Movie: Silsila (1981)
Director: Yash Chopra
Singers: Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
Lyricist: Javed Akhtar
Music Composer: Shiv-Hari
Javed Akhtar came from a long line of poets. His granduncle, his grandfather and his father were all poets. However, when he decided to follow his father, Jan Nisar Akhtar (who is also featured on our list of lyricists), into Bollywood, he chose scriptwriting, making a successful team with Salim Khan (with hits like Andaz, Seeta Aur Geeta, Yaadon ki Baaraat, Deewar and more). It would be 10 years before Akhtar took to writing Bollywood lyrics and this song was his first as a lyricist. It’s a measure of the man’s skill that this was and remains a wonderfully hummable number.
Yakeen ki hadh ke paas paas
Dil ko bharam yeh ho gaya hain
Unko humse pyar hain
Dekha ek khwaab toh yeh silsile hue
Door tak nigah mein hain gul khile hue
Dekha ek khwaab toh yeh silsile hue
Door tak nigah mein hain gul khile hue
Yeh gila hain aapki nigahon se
Phool bhi ho darmiyaan to faasle hue
Dekha ek khwaab toh yeh silsile hue
Door tak nigah mein hain gul khile hue
Meri saanson mein basi khushboo teri
Yeh tere pyaar ki hain jadugari
Teri aawaz hain hawaaon mein
Pyar ka rang hain fizaaon mein
Dhadkanon mein tere geet hain mile hue
Kya kahun ke sharm se hain labb sile hue
Dekha ek khwaab toh yeh silsile hue
Phool bhi ho darmiyaan toh faasle hue
Mera dil hain teri panaahon mein
Aa chhupa loon tujhe main baahon mein
Teri tasveer hain nigaahon mein
Door tak roshni hain raahon mein
Kal agar na roshni ke kaafile hue
Pyar ke hazaar deep hain jale hue
Dekha ek khwaab toh yeh silsile hue
Door tak nigah mein hain gul khile hue
Yeh gila hain aapki nigahon se
Phool bhi ho darmiyaan toh faasle hue
Dekha ek khwaab to yeh silsile hue
Door tak nigah mein hain gul khile hue
Movie: Silsila (1981)
Director: Yash Chopra
Singers: Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
Lyricist: Javed Akhtar
Music Composer: Shiv-Hari
Javed Akhtar came from a long line of poets. His granduncle, his grandfather and his father were all poets. However, when he decided to follow his father, Jan Nisar Akhtar (who is also featured on our list of lyricists), into Bollywood, he chose scriptwriting, making a successful team with Salim Khan (with hits like Andaz, Seeta Aur Geeta, Yaadon ki Baaraat, Deewar and more). It would be 10 years before Akhtar took to writing Bollywood lyrics and this song was his first as a lyricist. It’s a measure of the man’s skill that this was and remains a wonderfully hummable number.
Javed Akhtar has won the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan and a Sahitya Akademi Award. And he has written some truly memorable songs. However, what truly inspires me today is his courage to speak truth to power in these uncertain times. Wishing him a long and healthy life on his 75th birthday (17 January). ~ R
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