Hawaon pe likh do

Hawaon pe likh do hawaon ke naam
Hawaon pe likh do hawaon ke naam
Hum anjaan pardesiyon ka salaam
Hawaon pe likh do hawaon ke naam

Yeh kiske liye hain, bata kiske naam
Yeh kiske liye hain, bata kiske naam
O panchi tera yeh sureela salaam
Hawaon pe likh do hawaon ke naam

Shaakh par jab dhoop aayi
Haath chhoone ke liye
Chaanv chham se neeche koodi
Hanske boli, aaiye
Yahaan subah se khela karti hain shaam
Hawaon pe likh do hawaon ke naam

Chulbula yeh paani apni raah behna bhoolkar
Letey letey aaina chamka raha hain phool par
Yeh bhole se chehre hain masoom naam
Hawaon pe likh do hawaon ke naam
Hum anjaan pardesiyon ka salaam
Hawaon pe likh do hawaon ke naam

Movie: Do Dooni Char (1968)
Director: Debu Sen
Singer: Kishore Kumar
Lyricist: Gulzar
Music Composer: Hemant Kumar

Gulzar is my favourite mood, I guess. Because I am back with another of his songs. This is a favourite and reminds me of walks in Meghalaya or Dharamshala with tall trees, the whisper and shine of water, and dappled sunlight. All the sights the singer/traveller sees are described but in such lovely unusual terms that a sense of innocence, of mischief, is effortlessly conveyed.

Interestingly, this is apparently a remake of a Bengali film based on Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors, and Gulzar, who was the lyricist for this version, would go on to make his own version of the movie, the one we now know as Angoor. ~ R