Zindagi ek safar hai suhana

Zindagi ek safar hai suhana
Yahan kal kya ho kisne jaana
Zindagi ek safar hai suhana
Yahan kal kya ho kisne jaana
Zindagi ek safar hai suhana
Yahan kal kya ho kisne jaana
Arey udlei udlei yohoo…

Chand taaron se chalna hai aage
Asmaanon se badhna hai aage
Arey chand taaron se chalna hai aage
Asmaanon se badhna hai aage
Peechhe reh jayega yeh zamana
Yahan kal kya ho kisne jaana
Zindagi ek safar hai suhana
Yahan kal kya ho kisne jaana
Udlei udlei yohoo…

Haste gaate jahan se guzar
Duniya ki tu parvah na kar
Haste gaate jahan se guzar
Duniya ki tu parvah na kar
Muskuraate huve din bitana
Yahan kal kya ho kisne jaana
Haan zindagi ek safar hai suhana
Yahan kal kya ho kisne jaana
Di di di du du du
Udlei udlei yohoo ha ha ha…

Maut aani hai aayegi ek din
Jaan jaani hai jaayegi ek din
Arey maut aani hai aayegi ek din
Jaan jaani hai jaayegi ek din
Aisi baaton se kya ghabrana
Yahan kal kya ho kisne jaana
Zindagi ek safar hai suhana
Yahan kal kya ho kisne jaana
Di di di du du du
Udlei udlei yohoo ha ha ha…

Movie: Andaz (1971)
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Singer: Kishore Kumar
Lyricist: Hasrat Jaipuri
Music Composers: Shankar-Jaikishan

Andaz was one of the last movies for which Shankar and Jaikishan composed music together. Jaikishan died of liver cirrhosis on 12 September 1971. This was the last song that Jaikishan recorded. 

The lines ‘Maut aani hai aayegi ek din, Jaan jaani hai jaayegi ek din, Aisi baaton se kya ghabrana, Yahan kal kya ho kisne jaana’ and ‘Chand taaron se chalna hai aage, aasmanon se badhna hai aage, peeche rahe jayega yeh zamana’ seem to assume more meaning in this context.

This song has more than one version. I have chosen the happy one, which features Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini and has some expert yodeling by Kishore Kumar. Enjoy! ~S