Jaane mera dil kisse dhoondh raha hain

Jaane mera dil kisse dhoondh raha hain in hari-bhari waadiyon mein
Jaane mera dil kisse dhoondh raha hain in hari-bhari waadiyon mein
Kabhi na kabhi toh takrayega dil dil se inhi aabadiyon mein
Jaane mera dil kisse dhoondh raha hain in hari-bhari waadiyon mein

Yeh kisski lagan manzil manzil har roz mujhe le jati hain
Hain kisski tamanna seene mein jo aas ke deep jalati hain
Jo aas ke deep jalati hain
Ho o o o o…
O Jaane mera dil kisse dhoondh raha hain in hari-bhari waadiyon mein
Kabhi na kabhi toh takrayega dil dil se inhi aabadiyon mein

Jharnon mein nahati jalpariyan kyon jaane mujhe lalchati hain
Jangal ki kawari kaliyan bhi has has ke qayamat dhati hain
Has has ke qayamat dhati hain
Ho o o o o…
O Jaane mera dil kisse dhoondh raha hain in hari-bhari waadiyon mein
Kabhi na kabhi toh takrayega dil dil se inhi aabadiyon mein

Jab dekhe bina madhosh hoon main dekhunga usse toh kya hoga
Kya noor bhari surat hogi, kya pyar bhara jalwa hoga
Kya pyar bhara jalwa hoga
Ho o o o o…
Jaane mera dil kisse dhoondh raha hain in hari-bhari waadiyon mein
Kabhi na kabhi toh takrayega dil dil se inhi aabadiyon mein
O jaane mera dil kisse dhoondh raha hain in hari-bhari waadiyon mein

Movie: Latt Saheb (1967)
Director: Hari Walia
Singer: Mohammed Rafi
Lyricist: Hasrat Jaipuri

Music Composers: Shankar-Jaikishan

First off, this movie does not have a Wikipedia page! I don’t think that has happened with any of the other movies we have featured here.

This week I am featuring travel on horseback. Horses and horse-drawn carts were very popular in Bollywood once upon a time. This one even has the horse as part of the chorus. 😊 It is most unnerving, but after a while you get used to it. Between the neighing and the hoofbeats, even if you haven’t seen the movie or the video, it is plain that this song features a horse. Jokes apart, Mohammad Rafi is wonderful to listen to in this song.

The movie, unfortunately, I have not been able to sit through, especially since within the first 15 minutes, a woodcutter who has done barely any woodcutting, rescues a young woman twice. And this young woman has just returned from an education in Switzerland but cannot see the danger sign on ski slopes! Tough to watch, especially when the young woman is Nutan!

Anyway, the song is something of an earworm and among the first few I think of when I think of horseback songs in Bollywood. So, here it is. ~ R