Kaare badra tu na ja

Kaare badra tu na ja, na ja
Bairi tu bides na ja
Ghananan megh-malhaar suna
Rimjhim ras barsa ja

Kaare badra tu na ja, na ja
Bairi tu bides na ja
Ghananan megh-malhaar suna
Rimjhim ras barsa ja

Sanan sanan haay pavan jhakora
Bujhti aag jalaaye
Sanan sanan haay pavan jhakora
Bujhti aag jalaaye
Man ki baat nayan mein aaye
Mujhse kahi na jaaye
Man ki baat nayan mein aaye
Mujhse kahi na jaaye

Kaare badra tu na ja, na ja
Bairi tu bides na ja
Ghananan megh-malhaar suna
Rimjhim ras barsa ja

Maathe ka sindoor rulaave
Lat naagin ban jaaye
Maathe ka sindoor rulaave
Lat naagin ban jaaye
Lakh rachaoon un bin kajra
Ansuan se dhul jaaye
Lakh rachaoon un bin kajra
Ansuan se dhul jaaye

Kaare badra tu na ja, na ja
Bairi tu bides na ja
Ghananan megh-malhaar suna
Rimjhim ras barsa ja

Chauraste pe jaise musaafir
Path poochhe ghabraaye
Chauraste pe jaise musaafir
Path poochhe ghabraaye
Kaun des kis or jaaoon main
Man mera samajh na paaye
Kaun des kis or jaaoon main
Man mera samajh na paaye

Kaare badra tu na ja, na ja
Bairi tu bides na ja
Ghananan megh-malhaar suna
Rimjhim ras barsa ja

Movie: Shikast (1953)
Director: Ramesh Saigal
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics: Shailendra
Music Composers: Shankar-Jaikishan

As temperatures in India soar, the government has issued a severe heatwave warning. I have had some relief from the heat as the part of the country I live in received rainfall with thunderstorms. However, we—the land and all the living beings on it—need more rain. Hence, this song… 

Picturised on Nalini Jaywant, this simple song sounds wonderful in Lata Mangeshkar's voice. ~ S