Bas ek chup si lagi hai

Bas ek chup si lagi hai
Nahin udaas nahin
Kahin pe sans ruki hai
Nahin udaas nahin
Bas ek chup si lagi hai

Koi anokhi nahin aisi zindagi lekin
Khoob na ho
Koi anokhi nahin aisi zindagi lekin
Khoob na ho
Mili jo khoob mili hai
Nahin udaas nahin
Bas ek chup si lagi hai

Sehar bhi yeh raat bhi
Dophar bhi mili lekin
Sehar bhi yeh raat bhi
Dophar bhi mili lekin
Humhi ne shaam chuni hai
Humhi ne shaam chuni hai
Nahin udaas nahin
Bas ek chup si lagi hai

Woh dastan jo humne kahi bhi
Humne likhi
Woh dastan jo humne kahi bhi
Humne likhi
Aaj woh khud se suni hai
Nahin udaas nahin
Bas ek chup si lagi hai

Movie: Sannata (1966)
Director: M. Sabharwal
Singer: Hemant Kumar
Lyricist: Gulzar
Music Composer: Hemant Kumar

This song is from Gulzar's sixth film as a lyricist. The first few lines say that it is just silence and not sadness, merely a pause in between breaths. That took my breath away because that is exactly what I am feeling. I won't translate the rest of it lest it seem dry and uninteresting. 

Listen to the song. Hemant Kumar's music and rendering strike the right note—stoicism with just a touch of melancholy. Or, as R says - not stoicism but a celebration of the ordinary/mundane.

I could not find a video for it. There is a video on YouTube, supposedly of this song, but it has Soumitra Chatterjee (instead of Anil Chatterjee) with Tanuja. Soumitra is clearly lip-syncing some other song. 

So, you may only be able to listen to the song but I assure you even that is time well spent. ~ S