Dheere dheere machal ae dil-e-bekaraar

Dheere dheere machal ae dil-e-bekaraar
Dheere dheere machal ae dil-e-bekaraar, koi aata hain
Yun tadap ke na tadpa mujhe baar baar, koi aata hain
Dheere dheere machal ae dil-e-bekaraar

Uske daaman ki khushbu hawaaon mein hain
Uske kadmon ki aahat fazaaon mein hain
Uske daaman ki khushbu hawaaon mein hain
Uske kadmon ki aahat fazaaon mein hain
Mujhko karane de, karne de, solah singaar, koi aata hain
Dheere dheere machal ae dil-e-bekaraar, koi aata hain
Dheere dheere machal ae dil-e-bekaraar

Dheere dheere machal ae dil-e-bekaraar, koi aata hain
Yun tadap ke na tadpa mujhe baar baar, koi aata hain
Dheere dheere machal ae dil-e-bekaraar

Mujhko choone lagi uski parchhaaiyan
Dil ke nazdik bajti hain shehnaiyaan
Mujhko choone lagi uski parchhaaiyan
Dil ke nazdik bajti hain shehnaiyaan
Mere sapnon ke aangan mein gaata hain pyaar, koi aata hain
Dheere dheere machal ae dil-e-bekaraar, koi aata hain
Dheere dheere machal ae dil-e-bekaraar

Roothh ke pehle ji bhar sataaungi main
Jab manaayenge woh, maan jaaungi main
Roothh ke pehle ji bhar sataaungi main
Jab manaayenge woh, maan jaaungi main
Dil pe rehta hain aise mein kab ikhtiyaar, koi aata hain
Dheere dheere machal ae dil-e-bekaraar, koi aata hain
Yun tadap ke na tadpa mujhe baar baar, koi aata hain
Dheere dheere machal ae dil-e-bekaraar

Movie: Anupama (1966)
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Lyricist: Kaifi Azmi
Music Composer: Hemant Kumar

The song is actually picturised on the supporting actors of the movie, unlike the other two Anupama songs already featured on this blog. But in some ways, this lays the foundation of the movie, because you see a man deeply in love with his wife and a woman blissfully in love. So, when the woman dies in childbirth, the husband directs his sorrow and anger at the innocent child, who is, of course, at the centre of this story.

This is probably one of my favourite Lata Mangeshkar songs―sweet, simple, unaffected, and so easy on the ears that it is wonderfully hummable. ~ R